Example sentences of "i pick up [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Dragging also depends on size , so if I pick up a bunch of stuff I get a lower dragging sound than if I pick up just one . |
| 2 | I ca n't write much this time because I 'm so near to coming home that my hand shakes every time I pick up a pen . |
| 3 | This obviously absorbing hobby is a good stress reliever , ‘ It 's pure escapism and therapeutic — if I have had a frustrating day at work , the minute I get home I pick up a piece of modelling plastic and start modelling , ’ said Rosemary . |
| 4 | I know what a flea and a slug look like , I do n't want to be frightened to death every time I pick up the packet . |
| 5 | I pick up the ‘ Glass Dildo ’ photo again and this time I am struck by Cicciolina 's expressiveness . |
| 6 | It moves another two inches and stops , then another two inches and stops , and continues like so until I pick up the rod and strike . |
| 7 | ‘ I pick up the pencil , put it back , climb into the trunk of the car and you drive me to see the boy . |
| 8 | I really I really do wish it was that simple and I wish that when I pick up The Star on a Thursday or one of the other local papers that I did n't read in it the twenty cars that 's broken into and and all the other problems and I say to myself now why did that happen . |
| 9 | I pick up the scissors because I 'm alone in the shop and if he touches me again he 'll leave without something he came in with , when the bell goes on the door and this other boy in a city suit comes in , boring yuppie sort . |
| 10 | Erm yeah , the the the axe to grind is is yes , I pick up the the the political stick here er , that was you know , that that , you know from the other the other end to you and yeah , yes I also think we 're being beaten with a with a with a stick here for three R's er , if we 're forced into the corner of having to use an ignorant white hall idiots er |
| 11 | I pick up the paper and think about my father 's Social Security card sitting on my desk at home . |
| 12 | I pick up the bike and return it to the shed . |
| 13 | I pick up the cards and deal a circle for Clock Patience . |
| 14 | In the front seat by Des I fiddle with my receiver till I pick up the signal from the mike in his pocket . |
| 15 | I pick up the gun and pocket it . |
| 16 | I pick up the dangling greasy weight by the hooves soft as dogs ' pads |
| 17 | Instead , I pick up the clock on it and I see it is half-past six . |
| 18 | I pick up the phone . |
| 19 | I pick up the receiver . |
| 20 | I pick up the phone again and dial the Home Office . |
| 21 | go I pick up the accent . |
| 22 | I picks up the phone and dialled a special number for the fraud squad . |
| 23 | ( Why Why did I pick up the telephone ) |
| 24 | Why ca n't I pick up the phone and say , Come on , darling ? |
| 25 | I picked up a book , but put it down again and began looking at a tiny red spider on the leaf of a geranium , ad lost count of time . |
| 26 | Later I picked up a station from Orlando , WINS — I listened to a maudlin piece about the poor families of soldiers and pilots . |
| 27 | A few weeks ago I picked up a tray of plants from the greenhouse border and was delighted to see a baby toad sitting in a hallow in the soil . |
| 28 | I picked up a likely length and laid it in the boat . |
| 29 | Then I picked up a pebble and flung it out to sea ; it rose straight up into the air and landed on the ground a few yards behind me . |
| 30 | I picked up a handful of dirty snow and brushed the crust off the top . |