Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] up the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She picked up the first box of jars and went back to the room . |
| 2 | That should shake the audience to attention , she thought , as she picked up the first book . |
| 3 | This was a short-lived club , but important if only for the fact that it drew up the first Breed Standard in 1901 . |
| 4 | He turned up the first day of the term , picked up his grant , bought a guitar with it and then disappeared ‘ till the start of the next term and that term 's grant cheque . |
| 5 | Satan , in his accustomed place in the lead , came to a stop as he picked up the first trace of man-scent . |