Example sentences of "picked up a [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the living room she picked up a couple of wine glasses from the floor and set them down on a coffee table . |
| 2 | He picked up a sheet of parchment from the table , glanced at it , and then raised his eyes . |
| 3 | She picked up a sheet of estate agent 's particulars . |
| 4 | I went back to the cabin , put my shoes on again , and picked up a bottle of wine . |
| 5 | Then I picked up a bit of naan bread and mopped up my curry sauce . |
| 6 | The story goes that , one day , the goddess was dusting and picked up a ball of lint dropped by a blue humming-bird , placing it inside her apron . |
| 7 | She leant forward now and picked up a log of wood and threw it into the centre of the glowing ashes . |
| 8 | Rose picked up a tube of sun-cream and held it out to Daphne . |
| 9 | Turning awkwardly towards the bedside table , she picked up a glass of water and sipped the warm liquid gratefully . |
| 10 | She picked up a piece of pottery and turned it over . |
| 11 | Then , abruptly , without a word , he turned away , picked up a piece of copy , and began to correct it with short , violent strokes and swirls of his pen . |
| 12 | He picked up a piece of paper with some writing on it , could not decipher the writing , and dropped it . |
| 13 | She picked up a piece of paper and began drawing little cameo pictures of the bowl of fruit on the sideboard , of the flowers in the garden , bending under the wind . |
| 14 | Nurse Motley said that except for a moment when she picked up a piece of paper and threw it in the bin , she had been standing by Kayley 's head the whole time . |
| 15 | They left , and while the adults were talking and stuffing themselves , I picked up a piece of pig 's pudding for Frankie who was still huddled by the fire . |
| 16 | He picked up a copy of Time magazine , the cover story was about Canada ; maybe the British Dominion would be the compromise . |
| 17 | until about half past nine , when they said right that 's all the dir dirty work done , he said I 'm going up to have a shower and he put the carpet , rolled the carpet half back , and picked up a load of mess and we had polythene dust sheets over it |
| 18 | Emily picked up a bunch of seed packets , bound with an elastic band . |
| 19 | But as she bent to cuddle them a small boy , brushing down a pony , picked up a lump of mud and hurled it at the dogs to drive them off . |
| 20 | Alexandra picked up a disc of carrot and bit into it . |
| 21 | Jos picked up a length of cane . |
| 22 | She picked up a handful of cotton fluff and pulled at it . |
| 23 | The dhāmi picked up a handful of rice and blew on it . |
| 24 | Elaine sighed , and picked up a handful of sand , letting it pour slowly through her fingers . |
| 25 | Kalchu picked up a handful of maize kernels , inspected them for a minute , and let them trickle back through his fingers . |
| 26 | 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 . |