Example sentences of "[noun prp] 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 | Nilsen picked up young men in London before bringing them to his home . |
| 4 | Giles picked up another stone and dropped it . |
| 5 | From her mother 's family Violette picked up fluent French , spoken with an English accent . |
| 6 | Carrie picked up some of the books . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Irina picked up some plates from the table and put them in the sink . |
| 14 | Simon Franks picked up another grey box containing the film for Ken O'Mara 's farewell party . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Bob picked up one of the knives laid out for dinner and scored along the grain of the table with it . |
| 17 | Bob picked up one of his bedside Vogues and withdrew into the world of the advertisements . |
| 18 | Henry Condell picked up one of the papers from the table . |
| 19 | PRINCESS Diana picked up some unusual souvenirs on a day at the seaside … two pairs of kippers . |
| 20 | The poster campaigners at Beida picked up this point , that academics were becoming financially independent and seeking ways of making money . |
| 21 | At the end of 1969 Aurigny picked up another challenge when with only one month 's notice BUA ceased to operate their service from Alderney to Southampton , thus cutting the direct link with the UK . |
| 22 | Duncan stood back , against the wall , as Myeloski picked up one of the wooden chairs and pulled it up to the cot . |
| 23 | Mark picked up another car at the London plant and drove up the M1 to his home in north Buckinghamshire . |
| 24 | The 1st Chaldon Pack , Surrey cleared the paths around the local council park and the 1st Lawford Pack , Essex picked up four large sacks full of rubbish from a local footpath . |
| 25 | However , that was Sammy 's final contribution to a thrilling game because Baker picked up four shots over the next two ends to clinch victory . |
| 26 | ‘ There are only two in there , ’ she said , and Sophie picked up another one . |
| 27 | Sussex picked up 16 win points at Hove when they overhauled a Warwickshire target of 250 in just under two sessions for their first Championship victory in five matches . |
| 28 | Kiku picked up one of her cats . |
| 29 | Jenkins picked up another four and handed them out to the other customers sitting at the counter . |
| 30 | Kolchinsky picked up three manilla envelopes from Philpott 's desk and handed them out . |