Example sentences of "[verb] up a piece " in BNC.
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| 1 | After dinner we would gossip , play cards or perhaps walk along the Dee , idly picking up a piece of driftwood here and there along the way . |
| 2 | And if there 's no money in it for me I 'm not gon na give priority to going picking up a piece of wood for a customer . |
| 3 | This done , she whipped up a piece of tape , which she tied some inches from the bottom ; then , while still holding on to the hair with one hand , her other hand shot out and pulled open a drawer from which she grabbed a pair of large scissors . |
| 4 | ‘ Pick up a piece of chicken and all the flavours of that dish are on that piece of chicken . |
| 5 | This obviously absorbing hobby is a good stress reliever , ‘ It 's pure escapism and therapeutic — if I have had a frustrating day at work , the minute I get home I pick up a piece of modelling plastic and start modelling , ’ said Rosemary . |
| 6 | True up a piece of hardwood ( one surface/two sides ) the same width as the regular plane and put both in the vice , truing up plane case and hardwood with a straight edge . |
| 7 | He pulled up a piece of grass and began to chew it thoughtfully . |
| 8 | Ricky broke up a piece of brown bread , but did n't eat it . |
| 9 | They 're hoping to turn up a piece of bloodstained clothing or a weapon . |
| 10 | One picks up a piece of donkey shit and throws it at his friend who runs off laughing . |
| 11 | ROBBIE Sometimes when I was washing the car , he had a great big Ford estate , I 'd pick up a piece of gravel and just scratch the paint a wee bit . |
| 12 | I just have a lot of respect for someone who can pick up a piece of wood or metal and make music out of it . ’ |
| 13 | Obviously Marshall , apart from daubing one of the walls and putting up a piece of cork-board , had n't done anything . |
| 14 | THOSE Millwall fans who did n't manage to rip up a piece of turf during the chaotic farewell scenes at The Den the other week will be glad to know they 'll have the chance to pick up some of the sacred turf next week in a special auction . |
| 15 | He picked up a piece of paper with some writing on it , could not decipher the writing , and dropped it . |
| 16 | Sigarup picked up a piece of unlit jharo and held it in the fire until it was blazing and drips of flaming resin fell from it , spluttering to the ground . |
| 17 | Lee got up and picked up a piece of cross-stitch tapestry from the top of an old record-player and sat down in the rocking-chair , her back to the two young people . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | On his way up the paved path between walls of rose bushes he picked up a piece of old iron pipe with his gloved hand . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | She picked up a piece of pottery and turned it over . |
| 23 | He picked up a piece of the flesh , sniffed it and tossed it down . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Schellenberg held up a piece of paper which was actually some stationery from the hotel he 'd stayed at in Vienna the previous week . |
| 26 | Absolutely , and you will find when we look on the video the number of people who held up a piece of paper if you hold things up and I 'm holding this now because I 'm about to write but if if you stand here and hold a piece of paper then it 's very difficult to make symmetrical palm gestures , open palm gestures . |