Example sentences of "[noun prp] picked up [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A punter at Pontefract races collected £24,843 for a 10p investment while another customer at a Tote betting shop in Paddington picked up £12,421 for a 5p outlay . |
| 2 | The Volvo picked up speed . |
| 3 | She bent down to retrieve the best china from the floor , whilst Ray picked up teaspoons with one hand and dabbed at the goat 's milk with the other holding his handkerchief . |
| 4 | The morning train from Sidney picked up milk from various farms for shipment to Victoria and on at least one occasion it was held up for two hours while cows , that had been turned into the bush the previous night to pick up what nourishment they could were searched for , rounded up , milked and the milk loaded for the trip to town . |
| 5 | Last year , it acquired the small Abbots and Sussex dairies , also based in the south , and in January picked up part of the Co-operative Wholesale Society 's milk distribution business . |
| 6 | Now Sylvia picked up Carolyn 's present and waved it under her nose . |
| 7 | Tom picked up Willie 's three books and gave them to him to carry . |
| 8 | After they had eaten , Kalchu picked up Sigarup in his blanket , holding the limp body draped across his two forearms as he would a child . |
| 9 | Jessamyn picked up Buzzsaw , and felt the tingle of static from the cat 's fur . |
| 10 | Later Marina picked up Zenouska from Fergie 's home at Wentworth . |
| 11 | Bradley picked up £38 out of £58 on offer . |
| 12 | Marco picked up Tal 's box . |
| 13 | Lizzy picked up Joey 's fear from his voice . |
| 14 | After their mauling of the Seasiders , Glenavon picked up £1 , from sponsors TNT for becoming the first side to score goals in the competition , with Trevor McMullan knocking in the sixth with two minutes left on the clock at Clandeboye . |
| 15 | In this distinction between possession and use , Clement picked up language from St Paul in 1 Corinthians 7 , recommending that married couples treat sexuality as a means to a higher end , not as an end in itself . |
| 16 | Yeah but it was n't done in a , in an enthusiastic manner it was like a sort of well who do you know like friend , family that sort of thing and at the beginning I thought you was a bit more positive but I thought when you were revisiting the , the planning the future that might have been nerves right at the beginning of the session , you then relaxed and your pace all slowed down , excellent at reminding er Jim picked up referrals mentioned earlier , handled the objection okay , do n't remember you asking Jim to contact them beforehand do n't think you did , Jim did he ? |
| 17 | It was fifteen days before Isambard 's inconspicuous agents in Pool and about the hospitable courtyard of Strata Marcella picked up traces of the Welsh marauders . |
| 18 | 4 children from Swindon picked up lambs here at Southleaze farm and picked up a dangerous parasite , cryptosporidium . |
| 19 | Kelly and Forrester picked up knocks on Saturday but are both expected to be fit for Battyburn . |
| 20 | I think that er , I 'll be very brief because a lot of it 's already been said , and you 've already , Mr Chairman picked up Mr on his dodgy figures , erm , with his five million , erm , because what that was about , just under three million was actually fulfilling our election pledges , which is something we have noticeably failed to see from this Conservative government . |
| 21 | Luke picked up Ricky 's photograph . |
| 22 | Jotan picked up harness . |
| 23 | Charlie picked up rumours and counter-rumours of what the future might hold for them . |
| 24 | Aunt Margaret picked up chalk and wrote : ‘ Take off your coats and be comfortable . |
| 25 | Mr Stannard picked up Alice , riffled through the pages and put it down again . |