Example sentences of "she picked [pers pn] up " in BNC.

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1 As a matter of course she picked them up , spearing them with her fork and not pausing until she had collected them all , and replaced the lid .
2 Sebastian dropped his clothes on the floor , she picked them up and washed them .
3 I do n't know where she picked them up . ’
4 She picked them up , and nodded .
5 She picked them up
6 She picked me up and held me in front of her face .
7 I am a 39-year-old man weighing 11 stone and I was trying to cuddle my nine year old when she picked me up and threw me across the room .
8 She picked him up and shook the poor child until he screamed .
9 Even so she found it impossible to keep her mind properly on her own problems when he continued to look at her like that , so she picked him up on one niggling point that continued to irritate her .
10 She picked him up in her arms and carried him back to bed .
11 She picked him up with her left hand and held him clasped in her palm .
12 she stuck the kid in the back of the car and put the grocery in and she picked her up and brought her into the front seat , ti , tied her in and and the the , the , the , this thing was coming about
13 and er , I mean what she saw of Kerry was , she dropped her here at quarter to nine , she picked her up between five and half past and the rest of her she saw around kid , the rest of the time she saw her own kid and er Julia was to have her until she went to school , so I mean how can there be any bond there , which there ca n't , but the mother said herself I had her because it was the done thing so I mean it 's , it 's today in n it do n't you think ?
14 She picked it up and said ‘ Sorry ’ .
15 The telephone rang , and as soon as she picked it up and heard the echo on the line from the Prince 's lofty Palace rooms , she knew who was calling .
16 She picked it up , went back to the two girls and dumped it unceremoniously over Peggy 's head .
17 She picked it up , trembling with fatigue , and inspected it by touch and audition alone .
18 Near the chancel arch is a niche dedicated to St Sitha — her only claim to fame , according to local tradition , is that she was martyred , her head was cut off ‘ and she picked it up and ran three miles to the nearby ( sic ! ) church to warn the other Christians . ’
19 She picked it up at the third ring .
20 Cowley took the phone from Roz Hatch as she picked it up and passed it to him , then left him to his privacy .
21 Tenderly she picked it up .
22 She picked it up and draped it over Miss Liberty 's still-smoking remains .
23 She picked it up .
24 She picked it up .
25 Her phone rang and she picked it up .
26 She was pulling underwear from a drawer and searching every piece as she picked it up .
27 Walking the few steps to the dressing table , she picked it up .
28 Then she picked it up and turned , following Ben out .
29 She knew it was Stephen even before she picked it up .
30 The phone on the wall close to her rang and she picked it up at the second ring .
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