Example sentences of "she picked up the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the queue , she picked up the smell of long-term poverty . |
| 2 | She picked up the foot in both her hands and nipped the jagged crescent with her teeth . |
| 3 | She picked up the shoes from the hearth and put them under the table . |
| 4 | She picked up the shoes in armfuls and stacked them away with obsessional care , keeping the toes carefully in line . |
| 5 | He was amused to observe that she forced herself to be a blank when she picked up the bowl of pus and blood . |
| 6 | Alyssia was still feeling inordinately pleased with herself when , half an hour later , she picked up the telephone in the little village post office and dialled her father 's direct work line . |
| 7 | Rodi 's second husband Gordon , 64 , died two months before she picked up the cheque from Bergerac star John Nettles . |
| 8 | She picked up the basket of flowers from the ground . |
| 9 | She picked up the bags at her feet and plodded to the white wooden door , feeling in her bag for the key . |
| 10 | One of Stephanie close colleagues has been under gun guard , police guard for a week following death threats on the alleged kidnapper , as the net closed on him he phoned estate agent Jane the girl who helped prepare the second artist impression , Jane had met him face to face when he called at the office in Great Bar Birmingham days before the kidnap to collect details on several houses for sale , her blood ran cold when she picked up the phone on Wednesday February the twelfth to hear his voice again |
| 11 | She picked up the suspicion in his voice , said nothing , but left him to open the door . |
| 12 | She picked up the list of names and looked at it carefully . |
| 13 | Less than 48 hours after the world No.1 had lifted her third French Open title , doctors in Paris revealed that she picked up the injury towards the end of her quarter-final win over Jennifer Capriati . |
| 14 | Then she picked up the book of ‘ psychological correspondences ’ again and began with difficulty to read the letters . |
| 15 | She picked up the receiver without planning what she would say . |
| 16 | " Essoldo Cinema , good morning , " it said again , as soon as she picked up the receiver in the hall . |
| 17 | And she picked up the plate of spurned buck rarebit and emptied it into the bin under the counter . |
| 18 | She picked up the slips of pasteboard and let them fall haphazardly on the table in front of them . |
| 19 | She picked up the box with the frog-magician in it and wedged it into her cape pocket . |
| 20 | Then she picked up the letter with the neatly typed address . |
| 21 | She picked up the string of the cardboard box containing her gas mask and slung it over her shoulder . |