Example sentences of "stoop to pick up [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She stoops to pick up the leaves , then drops them as ( by a cut ) they transform into a knife . |
| 2 | He threw the orange to one of the theatre-goers , then stooped to pick up a glass jug , keeping the book and the saucepan going . |
| 3 | He stooped to pick up the tape . |
| 4 | Then , riding on , he stiffly dismounted , avoiding the kicking of disabled horses , and stooped to pick up the now trampled and muddied Lion Rampant standard of Scotland . |
| 5 | Linda opened the front door for the milk , and stooped to pick up the bottles . |
| 6 | In the grey morning light , Clare , still in her nightgown , stooped to pick up the little bottle of sleeping pills from the floor . |
| 7 | After she had gone he switched off the gramophone , drained his drink in a single gulp , then stooped to pick up the offending telegraph message . |
| 8 | He stooped to pick up the wrong key , which had been jerked out of the lock and out of her hand when she started away . |
| 9 | Barbara looked up as she dragged Jimmy to one side , and saw Duvall stoop to pick up the broken neck of the whisky bottle that she had dropped . |
| 10 | Robyn got up then and moved past him , towards the fountain , like an automaton , stooping to pick up a plate , a cup , then finding the bag , opening it , placing the things inside , repeating the action again and then again , working with a frantic determination , doing her best to ignore the thunderous ache in her head . |
| 11 | He watched Pie'oh'pah stoop to pick up the scattered clothes . |