Example sentences of "[noun prp] picked up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jean picked up the bag and took it home . |
| 2 | Neil picked up the book . |
| 3 | Eleanor picked up the fresh flowers and began trimming their stems . |
| 4 | David picked up the arm and through the rack looking for new ones to put on while Sandra busied herself putting on the sleeves of the ones they had played . |
| 5 | Frankie picked up the empty kettle and went to refill it but I noticed that none of the onlookers tried to wring his neck while he had the kettle in his hands . |
| 6 | NICK FALDO picked up the Ritz Club Golfer of the Year award and the Vardon Trophy , given to the European Tour 's leading money-winner , at the Tour 's annual dinner in London last night . |
| 7 | Corbett picked up the torch and threw it down . |
| 8 | Manville picked up the second folder , sighing heavily . |
| 9 | Satisfied , Manville picked up the coded copy and headed towards the despatch room . |
| 10 | Edward picked up the menu . |
| 11 | Edward picked up the bill and examined it . |
| 12 | Edward picked up the saw . |
| 13 | Cadfael picked up the psaltery with due respect , and laid it safely aside on the little prayer-desk . |
| 14 | And Bobby picked up the phone when the phone rang and it was her and she sai erm Bob said yes ? |
| 15 | A barrage of punches which started with a swinging left hook left Clarkson on one knee and once the action restarted and Hardy picked up the assault , it was clear the fight would come to a quick conclusion . |
| 16 | Travis picked up the map he must have been consulting while she slept . |
| 17 | At the edge of her hearing , Bernice picked up the sound of a roaring furnace engine , overlaid with the high pitched whine of cooling heat shields . |
| 18 | Woolley picked up the tempo . |
| 19 | Once again Skaller picked up the two pictures , but only the features of the other boy still held his glance . |
| 20 | Iskandara picked up the few envelopes and looked at them disinterestedly . |
| 21 | Fleet diesel sales grew by 15.6 per cent last year , and Brookman naturally wants it known that Peugeot picked up the lion 's share . |
| 22 | Maggie picked up the poker and jabbed the fire with it , rearranging the coals so that even more heat was thrown out . |
| 23 | Some while later Colonel James Churchward picked up the idea of Mu . |
| 24 | But when Mr Wray punched him , Youngs picked up the hammer and struck him across the cheek . |
| 25 | Pete picked up the bucket as the door was unlocked . |
| 26 | Cornelius picked up the envelope and tore it open . |
| 27 | Cornelius picked up the something . |
| 28 | Cornelius picked up the old paper bag and carefully uncreased it . |
| 29 | Judging the business to be done , Ramlal picked up the papers and went to the door . |
| 30 | As soon as the last student had filed out of her office , Loretta picked up the phone . |