Example sentences of "man picked [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.

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1 The man picked up a small portmanteau that had been hidden in shadow by the rail , and with one last sweeping look across the quay , climbed on to the gangplank .
2 A man picked up a bottle of soy sauce on his way out , without paying for it .
3 Then the old man picked up a long piece of wood .
4 The man picked up the fallen envelope , took the lift to the eighth floor , let himself into his apartment and slit open the envelope .
5 As he did so , the older man picked up the glasses which had been filled previously , and deliberately poured them over her head .
6 The other man picked up the dressing gown lying on the end of the bed and threw it at Connelly .
7 The MI5 man picked up the telephone and pressed the digits with the forefinger of the same , left hand .
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