Example sentences of "as [pron] pick [adv prt] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ No , it 's just that my sister 's going out , ’ she says , as she picks up the various plastic carrier bags already waiting in the hall . |
| 2 | That should shake the audience to attention , she thought , as she picked up the first book . |
| 3 | So he looked at Matron , tight-faced and armored in starch , at Miss Guttner sitting lumpishly beyond her , her glasses shining blankly as they picked up the overhead light that filled the room with a necessary illumination against the heaviness of the sky pressing grayly against the windows . |
| 4 | Satan , in his accustomed place in the lead , came to a stop as he picked up the first trace of man-scent . |
| 5 | Senior Sea King pilot Lt Cmdr George Wallace spoke of the shelling as he picked up the two injured men . |
| 6 | Willie watched him in horror as he picked up the wriggling worms and put them inside the tin . |
| 7 | 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 . |