Example sentences of "[vb past] up the envelope and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Angela Foley , the twenty-seven-year-old personal secretary to the Director of Hoggatt 's Laboratory , picked up the envelope and guessed at once by the quality of the paper , the expertly typed address and the London postmark what it must be . |
| 2 | He picked up the envelope and began to take out the sheet of paper inside . |
| 3 | At last , shakily , she picked up the envelope and ripped it open , taking out the single sheet of paper . |
| 4 | He picked up the envelope and gave it a bit of a shake . |
| 5 | Cornelius picked up the envelope and tore it open . |