Example sentences of "had pick up [art] [noun] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The wee lass had picked up a cloth and was wiping Hector 's unshaven chin free of grease ; then his hands , and the handle of his knife . |
| 2 | He had picked up a book and was standing there , reading it with great concentration — just as if he were in his own armchair at home . |
| 3 | It seemed he lived at home with his widowed mother and , following a fight with her , he had picked up an axe and killed her . |
| 4 | Cowley had picked up the phone and was listening quietly . |
| 5 | He had picked up the phone and was asking Celia to show their visitor up , James Morris glanced disdainfully at the new manager . |
| 6 | It was because Mrs Strawson was five minutes late — behaviour he made no demur at , though he would have refused to see a National Health patient who failed to turn up on time — that he had picked up the Standard and seen that paragraph . |
| 7 | The men had picked up the sacks and shaken them out . |
| 8 | A lift of his hand and then he had picked up the reins and , with a quick dig of his heels , went straight into a canter . |
| 9 | More confused than ever Mungo had picked up The Forest and the Fire , turning to page 119 . |
| 10 | So the first man in the smithy in the morning had to pick up a hammer and strike the anvil three times — just to let the old man know we were on the job . |
| 11 | Godolphin only had to pick up the encyclopaedia and he was ready to put on his boots and set off for the Dominions again . |