Example sentences of "pick up one of " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had picked up one of the pups and examined it roughly before replacing it in the cardboard box with the others . |
| 2 | The whole situation seemed both tragic and also profoundly humiliating — as when she 'd picked up one of his sweaters , packed in her suitcase by mistake . |
| 3 | Or had a tourist picked up one of the cards she had lavishly distributed around the village shops and arrived to buy a souvenir ? |
| 4 | Picking up one of the large wooden podgers the women used to push down the bagwashes , Michael prodded Tommy on the shoulder . |
| 5 | In pursuing the campaign for family allowances ( initially intended to provide the mother with a wage as well as allowances for children ) , mainstream feminists of the inter-war years were picking up one of the major demands of labour women 's groups prior to World War I and consciously taking on board social issues of importance to working class women . |
| 6 | Claire stood up and began walking around the room , idly picking up one of the many calculators lying around , her hand trailing over the volumes of books on the shelves . |
| 7 | ‘ Diamonds , eh ? ’ he said , picking up one of the rings . |
| 8 | ‘ When did you last see your husband ? ’ she asked , picking up one of the queries the police had put to her . |
| 9 | Instead he examined the white , scabrous legs of the hospitaller , picking up one of the candles to study the purple-yellow bruise just above the shin on the corpse 's right leg . |
| 10 | Dr Russell insisted that I went with the convalescent men and we were lucky to pick up one of the last trains to go northwards . |
| 11 | We recommend that you visit the tourist office and pick up one of the ‘ walking maps ’ to make the most of the area . |
| 12 | It 's when you pick up one of the guns , feel the metal , that their potentiality strikes you , and you marvel at the precision and care put into them . |
| 13 | From there she 'd be able to go down to the lakeside if she chose , or else pick up one of the shore paths that would take her further into the valley . |
| 14 | Pick up one of them bags for her I were n't watching anyway out |
| 15 | He leans forward and picks up one of his legs and pulls it right out from his trousers . |
| 16 | He walks out of the shrine without looking at the crowd , picks up one of the lambs , frightened and bleating , and carries its almost weightless body round to the side of the shrine . |
| 17 | If a human picks up one of these caterpillars , the painful sting may cause nausea and an unpleasant swelling at the point of contact . |
| 18 | They will attack anyone who picks up one of the instruments . |
| 19 | The pool is filled with water and bubbles and the kids scoot down the slide attached to the climbing frame into the bubble bath and the arms of a playworker who picks up one of the children and kisses his little red bum . |
| 20 | The female alights on the rim of a stranger 's nest , picks up one of the eggs in her beak , flies off with it and then swallows it . |
| 21 | She picked up one of the wire baskets that were stacked outside the supermarket and gave him a selfconscious , defiant stare . |
| 22 | He picked up one of his Dad 's cups and read the inscription . |
| 23 | Then , at random almost , she picked up one of the other cuttings , which showed Harriet Shakespeare 's plain , squashed face looking white and distraught and pitiful as she leaned against a friend 's arm . |
| 24 | Mrs Lennox crossed over and picked up one of the loaves . |
| 25 | He took a deep breath , coughed yet again , and picked up one of the sheets of paper before him . |
| 26 | I picked up one of the cloths and helped her . |
| 27 | Phelps and I picked up one of his colleagues at two o'clock this morning , driving suspiciously slowly down the A614 near Ollerton . |
| 28 | I idly picked up one of the leaflets which had two pictures on its cover ; the first illustration showed a happy black family , all neatly dressed and reading books around a table that was filled with platefuls of food and with jugs labelled ‘ milk ’ . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | I picked up one of the old models for a good price , but the new style is still reasonable . |