Example sentences of "picked [adv prt] [noun] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She crouched and picked up part of the brickwork that had crumbled away from a supporting pillar . |
| 2 | The villagers , who were provided with free refuse sacks and gloves by the borough council , picked up litter along the River Tees embankment . |
| 3 | The poll , taken at the same time as the Rio Earth Summit , picked up concern about the environment . |
| 4 | And as the ship freed herself from the mule-lines and her screw began to chum up a wake of umber , sludgy water , and she picked up speed towards the marker buoys and the farewell beacon on Flamenco Island , I was sure I could see the seamen still , pointing their cameras back — now with long lenses all — towards the statue of Balboa which stands on the Panama City seafront , with the great man gazing out at the Ocean into which the Poles were now , at long last , sailing . |
| 5 | Ace , you picked up grenades from the shuttle ? ’ |
| 6 | Below her , she picked out Jessica on the concrete , scanning the upper deck , shielding her eyes . |