Example sentences of "picked [adv prt] [art] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | King , who works on the Earl of Leicester 's Holkham estate , picked up a four on the fourth end to go 7–1 ahead and increased his lead to 11–2 . |
| 2 | Roton rotary man Brian Crighton ( left ) and rider Steve Spray picked up a 500 point at Eastern Creek but were nine seconds off the pace — triumph or debacle ? |
| 3 | LONDON & SOUTH-EAST : There were few glimmers of encouragement for Mr Kinnock as the party picked up a dozen seats in the capital and a handful outside , writes David Millward . |
| 4 | Sir James picked up a 67 per cent increase to £571,000 when profits went up seven per cent . |
| 5 | ‘ The first time I picked up a 12 bore , it was bigger than me and the men all laughed . |
| 6 | Holborn picked up the 1992 Best Overall Branch prize , Threadneedle Street were presented with a plaque for being top Branch in the Customer Satisfaction Index for 1992–93 , and Pall Mall received the Cost/Income Award for 1991–92/ The top student award went to Julian Gouge who , in 1992 , achieved the highest aggregate marks among all Royal Bank candidates in the Associateship examinations . |
| 7 | He picked up the two chairs and placed one on each side of the fireplace . |
| 8 | Once again Skaller picked up the two pictures , but only the features of the other boy still held his glance . |
| 9 | Tom picked up the two whiskeys and manoeuvred Patrick into the corner , pushing him into the seat first so that he was up against the wall . |
| 10 | He picked up the two grips and the empty suitcase Tom Rooney had given then to lend credence to their story . |
| 11 | Then he picked up the two bags and led her into the terminal . |
| 12 | She picked up the two copies reluctantly , as though with tongs , and looked back across the desk at him defiantly . |
| 13 | Senior Sea King pilot Lt Cmdr George Wallace spoke of the shelling as he picked up the two injured men . |
| 14 | And little , twinkly Claus Korth , captain of U.93 with a crew of forty-four , described poetically how he picked up the forty-nine survivors of a Bismarck supply ship , the Belchen , and brought his heavily overloaded boat back to France . |
| 15 | Vi picked up the three warrants , her mouth pursing with disapproval . |
| 16 | He says Mr Newton , 25 , who also faces being fired by Thresher this morning , picked out the two items at random while under pressure to reveal precisely what Mr Lamont bought . |
| 17 | I asked which were the smallest , and she picked out the three shortest ones quickly . |