Example sentences of "picked up the [noun] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Abruptly Aggie picked up the handles of the flat-cart , then almost growling ‘ Come on ! ’ she pushed it along the road , the child trotting beside her now . |
| 2 | Anne could see , though , that he was trembling as he picked up the handles of the handcart and moved away . |
| 3 | Some of the discipline went out of the play , but as others tired Jess picked up the pace of the game and finished looking as likely as match-winner as anyone . |
| 4 | When he was satisfied they were doing it correctly he picked up the head of the dead buffalo and carried it to the river . |
| 5 | She picked up the string of the cardboard box containing her gas mask and slung it over her shoulder . |
| 6 | The Loch Ness and Morar Project itself picked up the threads of the Loch Ness Investigation ( LNI ) , which was founded by David James and Peter Scott in 1962 . |
| 7 | By the time Coleman picked up the threads of the plot in February 1987 , there was still no clear plan of attack , although it was generally agreed among Hurley and his colleagues that luring Younis into a drug deal was probably the key , and that a lot of political hassle would be avoided if he could be taken , say , in international waters . |
| 8 | At half-past twelve on the next day , 24 December , I picked up the shafts of the wheelbarrow and pushed off towards Kano on those first , torturous , thirteen miles . |
| 9 | Her voice , clear and pure , soared up to the roof of the theatre , and when it picked up the words of the chorus of ‘ My old man said follow the van … ’ , no one in that vast hall joined in , they just listened . |