Example sentences of "[pers pn] [conj] picked [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But now that her once-passionate nature was reawakening and she was beginning to feel vibrantly alive again , the cold perfunctory touch of her husband 's fingers seemed suddenly more repugnant than ever before , and she withdrew her hand hastily from his and picked up her glass to conceal the real reason for breaking the contact . |
| 2 | ‘ He opened his chamber door , smiled at me and picked up his cat . ’ |
| 3 | He came and stood beside me and picked out one of the new abstracts I 'd done at home . |
| 4 | It shook slightly as he scribbled an address , then pushed the serviette across the table , his body slowly relaxing as Ward let go of him and picked up the serviette . |
| 5 | She broke from him and picked up her basket . |
| 6 | The band saw him and picked up the rhythm . |
| 7 | Tammuz sat down in a chair opposite her and picked up a pen to fiddle with . |
| 8 | He passed her and picked up the sheet of paper . |
| 9 | Breeze thanked her and picked up the fork . |
| 10 | He smiled at her and picked up their luggage . |
| 11 | She pulled it round her and picked up a heavy torch . |
| 12 | ‘ When the show started everybody jumped on it and picked up on the things that were n't working . |
| 13 | So rather than you going well on this nice question , and you could you could have done it and picked up |
| 14 | David looked rather odd as she said that , but he left so quickly that she could not ask him anything about it and picked up her book to absorb the time until Annunziata brought in her supper . |
| 15 | Plummer crossed to it and picked up the receiver . |