Example sentences of "he pick [adv prt] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Turry has to be the best-armed hero of all time and when he picks up a few power-ups you 'd think he was invincible . |
| 2 | On the platform he picks up the local rumours . |
| 3 | ‘ As for the terms in which St Paul expressed it — well , there you are he used any sort of figure that came to hand : he picked up a rhetorical metaphor from a cynic preaching in the market … . |
| 4 | He picked up a long knife . |
| 5 | Then he picked up a long poker from the fireplace and had it like a rifle when he played the tape again . |
| 6 | He picked up a second kitten , dangled one from each hand , swung them so that they hit each other . |
| 7 | He picked up a brimming wine goblet from the small table beside him . |
| 8 | He picked up a vicious-looking knife and incised the scalp from ear to ear , passing the blade behind the vertex of the head . |
| 9 | Absently , he picked up a blackened spacesuit glove that lay next to it . |
| 10 | He picked up a few tricks of the trade as he progressed . |
| 11 | He picked up a huge book h he picked up a large book with a huge green dinosaur on the front . |
| 12 | He picked up a huge book h he picked up a large book with a huge green dinosaur on the front . |
| 13 | He picked up a rubber glove whose open end was sucking in brown greasy water . |
| 14 | He picked up the dry droppings and crumbled them in his hand . |
| 15 | Then he picked up the internal phone and pressed a button . |
| 16 | He picked up the blue card again , thinking about his novel . |
| 17 | He picked up the two chairs and placed one on each side of the fireplace . |
| 18 | Then he picked up the two bags and led her into the terminal . |
| 19 | He picked up the two grips and the empty suitcase Tom Rooney had given then to lend credence to their story . |
| 20 | He picked up the sharp knife once more with a frown and growled at the meat as he diced it , imagining that it was Bessie he was carving up . |
| 21 | ‘ He picked up the burning bomb , which promptly blazed its way through the handle , so the only way to put it out was by throwing on his great coat . |
| 22 | ‘ My lipstick fell out of my bag , you see , and he trod on it — not on the carpet , thank heaven ! — so he picked up the mangled remains and asked if he could get me another . |
| 23 | He picked up the lop-sided contraption that was meant to be his pheasant trap . |
| 24 | He picked up the folded-over paper , flicked it so he could scan the lower half of the broadsheet . |
| 25 | Satan , in his accustomed place in the lead , came to a stop as he picked up the first trace of man-scent . |
| 26 | When he was satisfied that he was all right and that no-one had heard him , he picked up the brown bag and moved into the safety of the trees . |
| 27 | He picked up the old shawl and straw hat too . |
| 28 | By the look of him , however , his chief had not perhaps shared a similarly successful period of recuperation , for he sounded tetchy as he picked up the brief note Lewis had left him . |
| 29 | Ben Hanbury is flying as well and he picked up the big race there yesterday with White Crown . |
| 30 | He picked up the broken pot and went away . |