Example sentences of "[noun] picked up [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Idly , Tzann picked up another brown envelope , addressed to him in crudely fashioned capitals . |
| 2 | However they counted just five shots over the next three ends while England picked up 32 to transform the match and move 97-93 ahead . |
| 3 | Hoomey 's trunks had green pineapples and monkeys printed on them ; Nails picked up lost or abandoned ( usually for a good reason ) trunks in the changing room and only Jazz had a reasonable garment . |
| 4 | In most cases heads of faculty picked up general issues that had emerged during the reporting process e.g. public image , relationships between subject departments , staff support ( or lack of it ) for extra-curricular activities . |
| 5 | Nilsen picked up young men in London before bringing them to his home . |
| 6 | At that moment the bell rang and the three witches picked up all their belongings and struggled inside with them . |
| 7 | On the journey our eldest child picked up bubonic plague , and when the steamer moored at Chauk my wife managed to get medicines from the BOC Hospital shortly before it closed . |
| 8 | Giles picked up another stone and dropped it . |
| 9 | In fact a lady picked up all awards er last week last Friday she cleared almost cleared the floor she was so good . |
| 10 | If his guests picked up some pleasant female company at her party then that was fine … as long as they did n't enjoy that same female company on the premises . |
| 11 | In one lightning movement the two fishermen picked up two pails of stinking fish heads and flung them lovingly at the Lionisers ' feet . |
| 12 | From her mother 's family Violette picked up fluent French , spoken with an English accent . |
| 13 | Carrie picked up some of the books . |
| 14 | They looked into each other 's eyes , Kate 's now full of warmth and such love that Ace picked up each of her hands , and solemnly kissed them . |
| 15 | Pontblyddyn were sent back for 89 , Nicky Holt hitting 42 and Colin Peers 20 not out as Phil Williams picked up 6–33 and Tim Davies 3–51 . |
| 16 | In many instances social workers picked up practical points such as those mentioned above , and dealt with them immediately : arrangements were hastily made to provide counselling for those young people who were unaware of the dangers of AIDS and the importance of using contraceptives . |
| 17 | Thom picked up two oranges from the gutter but someone saw him and they took him to Derby Street police station and he got the sack from the police . |
| 18 | Adams had already given notice of intent overnight with his occasional left-arm spin , when Hansie Cronje ( imprudently cutting at his fourth ball ) offered a first Test wicket , and , suitably encouraged , the Jamaican picked up three more in an impressive 21-over spell of slight and turn which restricted the visitors ' lead to 83 . |
| 19 | Hussa arrived with her mother and while Shama eased herself on to the carpet and settled against a cushion , Hussa picked up one of the newspapers which a driver brought from the village each morning . |
| 20 | I 've just read in the Yorkshire Post this morning that ‘ it is believed that Batty picked up 500,000 notes when he signed for Blackburn ’ besides a lucrative salary around double his Leeds pay packet . |
| 21 | McLure , the Spons-A-Tee Northern Amateur Masters Champion picked up valuable points towards retaining the title thanks to his win at Seaton Carew , but he looked out of it after a first round 79 , despite a birdie at the 18th . |
| 22 | A waste contractor , Russell Bliss picked up thousands of barrels of waste sludge from a chemical plant that had made 2,4,5T for the army . |
| 23 | Irina picked up some plates from the table and put them in the sink . |
| 24 | Simon Franks picked up another grey box containing the film for Ken O'Mara 's farewell party . |
| 25 | Ludens picked up two more suitcases and hurried after them . |
| 26 | Against such a background , the museums picked up excellent works for kopeks . |
| 27 | Best New Band was the smooth and highly wrought funk ensemble , Roadside Picnic ( it would be nice to think that the more raw-boned but full-blooded Pinski Zoo had run them close ) , Andy Sheppard walked off with both Best Instrumentalist and Best Album prizes ( the latter for Introductions In The Dark ) , and Stan Tracey picked up Best Composer . |
| 28 | Bob picked up one of the knives laid out for dinner and scored along the grain of the table with it . |
| 29 | Bob picked up one of his bedside Vogues and withdrew into the world of the advertisements . |
| 30 | Henry Condell picked up one of the papers from the table . |