Example sentences of "[noun] pick [adv prt] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stuck for the precise word , the Colonel made a small gesture with his right hand which then efficiently used the momentum to pick up his claret . |
| 2 | I dial his number and on the other side of the airwell Kyle picks up his phone . |
| 3 | With that the priest picked up his hat and left the room . |
| 4 | Dr Neil picked up his glass , filled it from the bottle , waved the bottle at her , and asked , ‘ Do liberated American girls ever drink spirits , McAllister ? |
| 5 | The suspicion that Keynes picked up his ideas from R. F. Kahn or other members of the ‘ Cambridge circus ’ is laid to rest , and his intuitive leap into the theory of effective demand dated to the summer of 1932 . |
| 6 | Corbett picked up his cloak from the floor where he had tossed it . |
| 7 | Urban decay and faded glory inspire Richard S Taylor to pick up his watercolours and go to town with the medium . |
| 8 | Urban decay and faded glory inspire Richard S Taylor to pick up his watercolours and go to town with the medium . |
| 9 | PORTADOWN goal ace Stevie Cowan flew in from Scotland to pick up his Sunday Life top scorers ' trophy at last Monday 's Football Writers awards night . |
| 10 | Today we 're off to Spain where Nigel picked up his fourth win out of four to get his Grand Prix season off to a fantastic start . |
| 11 | I remember once Nigel picked up his bag of clubs and flung the lot into the woods . |
| 12 | Jake picked up his half-empty glass of whisky , knocked back the contents , and pulled off his tie , flinging it over the back of the sofa beside his discarded jacket . |
| 13 | Mick picked up his rifle and the mess tins and made his way towards the house . |
| 14 | Duroc picked up his broad-brimmed black hat , and set it upon his head . |
| 15 | Still shaken , Woodfull picked up his bat again , but the roars of the crowd increased in intensity during the first ball of the next over when the offside field was suddenly changed to a legside field . |
| 16 | He simply wished that he did n't have to contend with the unspoken supposition that the two of them were hiding up there on the Step and banging away like a couple of baboons , which he saw in the eyes of more than one person who wished him good morning when he went into town to pick up his mail . |
| 17 | Manville tucked his automatic back into his shoulder holster and bent to the sidewalk to pick up his discarded jacket . |
| 18 | The supplicant scampered round to the chairman 's better side , and said , more loudly than he perhaps intended , the microphone picking up his words quite clearly , ‘ Say no to the bugger . ’ |
| 19 | Phil picks up his magazine again . |
| 20 | ROB BEATTIE PICKS UP HIS PEN TO FIND OUT IF THIS SPLIT PERSONALITY MACHINE REALLY IS WHAT THE WORLD 'S BEEN WAITING FOR . |
| 21 | Half-way up the straight , Piggott picked up his whip for the first time and the resulting explosion was unforgettable . |
| 22 | Graham picked up his holdalls and walked away to the cafeteria , where he changed a couple of Swiss francs into loose change then made a call on one of the public telephones , positioning himself in such a way so he could study the two men as he described them to Philpott . |
| 23 | Duncan picked up his bag and caught a taxi to the airport . |
| 24 | Burun picked up his reins . |
| 25 | The ticket collector picked up his coat and bag . |
| 26 | He sent me there the other day to pick up his reading glasses . |
| 27 | Thereafter the truly experienced Phillips-watcher will know that he is to be found in the corner of the studio conducting a vehement argument with himself on the subject of whatever he just did n't tell you , and will shortly be sending an assistant back to pick up his hat . |
| 28 | And though the Hook and Cray maintain , in traditional 12-bar manner , that it 's the ‘ Same Old Blues Again ’ , in truth , something more is on offer , especially when John Lee picks up his National Steel to weave an eccentric neo-Nashville way through ‘ Hittin' The Bottle Again ’ , a song that surely dropped out of George Jones ' back-pocket one hazy , half-forgotten night . |
| 29 | The other picked up his drink and took a long swallow , watching her over the rim of the tankard . |
| 30 | Sergeant Troy picked up his bag and was about to take the road to Bathsheba 's house , when Boldwood stepped forward . |