Example sentences of "was pick [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It rang for a long time , and he thought he was going to be out of luck , but eventually the receiver was picked up the other end . |
| 2 | No , that was picked out the history book |
| 3 | She was picking up the knack . |
| 4 | Susan , an unwonted flush on her pale cheeks , was picking up the wet things out of the grate . |
| 5 | She was having to repeat herself , and even then Lucy was picking up the wrong costume or completely mistaking what had been said . |
| 6 | It was a stand-off , he was picking up the Yankee jargon . |
| 7 | It would be nice to think their affair had meant something to him , and after Seville he was picking up the pieces of his life and had found happiness with another woman . |
| 8 | It was picking out the spaces through the trees and making enchanting patterns among the bronzes and browns and greens , and occasionally highlighting spiders ' webs , laden with moisture . |
| 9 | His intention was to pick up the 18,000 troops assembled in the area behind Quiberon known as the Morbihan and transport them to Scotland , as the first stage of the great invasion plan . |
| 10 | His only answer was to pick up the knife and hand it to me . |