Example sentences of "[noun] picked [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The woman was wandering at random , in loose zigzags it seemed , until Jay 's eyes picked out the curling shifting edge of the sea . |
| 2 | Three inches in from the portal , Kirov 's keen eyes picked out the single human hair which he had fixed , with a smear of soapstone , between the door and the bare wooden floor . |
| 3 | Gloucester had missed four penalties … but made up for things with an opening try … as full-back Martin Roberts picked up a tap penalty and bulldozed his way through to score … |
| 4 | And Mister Johnny picked up a pitchfork … |
| 5 | Jean picked up the bag and took it home . |
| 6 | Neil picked up the book . |
| 7 | Last week GGT picked up an extra £5m of business from Cadbury and the £4m Philips CD Interactive account . |
| 8 | Eleanor picked up the fresh flowers and began trimming their stems . |
| 9 | David picked up the arm and through the rack looking for new ones to put on while Sandra busied herself putting on the sleeves of the ones they had played . |
| 10 | Frankie picked up the empty kettle and went to refill it but I noticed that none of the onlookers tried to wring his neck while he had the kettle in his hands . |
| 11 | Attempts to contact Australia 400 miles ( over 640km ) to the south were unsuccessful , but the 1 09-set picked up a Dutch broadcast which was translated for the Company by a passing Dutch soldier : it announced the surrender of all their forces in the East Indies . |
| 12 | NICK FALDO picked up the Ritz Club Golfer of the Year award and the Vardon Trophy , given to the European Tour 's leading money-winner , at the Tour 's annual dinner in London last night . |
| 13 | Corbett picked up the torch and threw it down . |
| 14 | Manville picked up the second folder , sighing heavily . |
| 15 | Satisfied , Manville picked up the coded copy and headed towards the despatch room . |
| 16 | Georgina picked up a letter from her desk , screwed it up and threw it at the waste-paper basket . |
| 17 | Edward picked up the menu . |
| 18 | Edward picked up the bill and examined it . |
| 19 | Edward picked up the saw . |
| 20 | Cadfael picked up the psaltery with due respect , and laid it safely aside on the little prayer-desk . |
| 21 | Rodomonte picked up a football sized rock that lay close to the entrance , and passed through . |
| 22 | And Bobby picked up the phone when the phone rang and it was her and she sai erm Bob said yes ? |
| 23 | A barrage of punches which started with a swinging left hook left Clarkson on one knee and once the action restarted and Hardy picked up the assault , it was clear the fight would come to a quick conclusion . |
| 24 | Travis picked up the map he must have been consulting while she slept . |
| 25 | When presented with an unfamiliar colour term in contrast to familiar ones , children assumed that the unfamiliar term picked out a tray of an unfamiliar colour ( Carey and Bartlett , 1978 ) . |
| 26 | In the context of terms of shape , children inferred that an unfamiliar term picked out a shape ; in the context of terms of colour , they generally inferred that the unfamiliar term picked out a colour . |
| 27 | In the context of terms of shape , children inferred that an unfamiliar term picked out a shape ; in the context of terms of colour , they generally inferred that the unfamiliar term picked out a colour . |
| 28 | At the edge of her hearing , Bernice picked up the sound of a roaring furnace engine , overlaid with the high pitched whine of cooling heat shields . |
| 29 | Ajayi picked up a small , thin slate from the floor at the base of the pillar behind her . |
| 30 | Woolley picked up the tempo . |