Example sentences of "he picked up [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He picked up a kitten by its tail and swung it to and fro in the air , laughing at its cries . |
| 2 | He picked up a doll from the bed and stood there idly stroking her hair . |
| 3 | He picked up a rosary of cheap light beads that lay coiled in an alabaster ashtray on a side table near the door . |
| 4 | She was not a woman to sound excited , but he picked up a thread of something like it in her voice . |
| 5 | He picked up a pot of turquoise eyeshadow , dipped his forefinger in it , and scrawled across her buttocks , GREAT ASS . |
| 6 | He picked up a sheet of parchment from the table , glanced at it , and then raised his eyes . |
| 7 | Joseph grinned ruefully back at him for a moment , then sensing the senator was warming to a familiar theme , he picked up a history of French Indochina that lay open on the table before him and sank down in his chair behind it . |
| 8 | He picked up a knife from the table . |
| 9 | I said , can I have the sugar and he picked up a knife from the table-top and pretended to carve his heart out , put it in the sugar bowl and presented it to me . |
| 10 | He picked up a bronze of a naked beauty , standing on a shell . |
| 11 | He picked up a bottle of meths and took a ‘ slug ’ . |
| 12 | Finally he picked up a handful of stones and every time he looked round and found her following , he threw one . |
| 13 | He delivered a sermon during which everyone stood still , until he picked up a handful of earth and spoke in a deep voice : ‘ Ashes to ashes . |
| 14 | His eyes blazed ; he picked up a sausage on a stick from the side table where there were extra things to eat , and ran out into the garden . |
| 15 | His eyes narrowed on her , briefly , and then he picked up a file on the table beside him , and leafed through it , dismissing her . |
| 16 | Then he picked up a rock from the shallow water at the edge of the pool and threw it out into the middle , making a huge splash ; the rings of the splash spread nearly to the edge of the pool . |
| 17 | After lifting the European Formula Three crown in 1979 , he was offered a position alongside John Watson in the McLaren Formula One team for 1980 and he picked up a point on his debut in the Argentine Grand Prix . |
| 18 | He picked up a piece of paper with some writing on it , could not decipher the writing , and dropped it . |
| 19 | On his way up the paved path between walls of rose bushes he picked up a piece of old iron pipe with his gloved hand . |
| 20 | He picked up a piece of the flesh , sniffed it and tossed it down . |
| 21 | He picked up a bunch of bananas and threw them at his son-in-law , hitting him so hard in the chest that Changez toppled off his stool and badly bruised his good arm . |
| 22 | He picked up a beefburger at one of the stalls in the Tented Village and set off to overtake Bryan Thomson 's match . |
| 23 | He picked up a copy of Time magazine , the cover story was about Canada ; maybe the British Dominion would be the compromise . |
| 24 | He picked up a packet of mints and said tot he cashier : ‘ That gormless Lancastrian out there will pay for these — he has got the brains of a chocolate mouse . ’ |
| 25 | He picked up a book on juggling which his daughter had brought home , and 4 months later he 's teaching others . |
| 26 | He picked up a cockerel by its feet , stuffing it under his arm . |
| 27 | The first in ten minutes , was a blatant error by the officials Neil Williams was well on-side when he picked up a pass before scoring . |
| 28 | He picked up the wafer of liquid crystal which represented himself and stared at the High Priest 's face , his own , wishing that his own image could confide in him in the same way that the Harlequin had . |
| 29 | He picked up the women in the street . |
| 30 | He picked up the bottle of wine . |