Example sentences of "[adv] picked the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | He just picked the head up from the floor and wiped the blood off a bit and looked at it . |
2 | The judges sifted through over 8,000 entries and finally picked the name ‘ Spring Ovation ’ as the winner . |
3 | I was thinking particularly of my great-uncle George , the stories he had told , men pulled out of the sea half burned alive , the sudden explosions as another slow cargo vessel slid to the bottom , nobody stopping for survivors and the feeling of terror as the U-boats gradually picked the ships off until the one he was on was alone in the pattern . |
4 | Ralph quickly picked the child up and said , ‘ Let's get out of her ’ . |
5 | North usually picked the code names . |
6 | Gaily picked the cat up , pushed it out , shut and locked the conservatory doors again . |