Example sentences of "picked up the [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 He picked up the tongs to check the meat .
2 It picked up the principles ( as it called them ) enunciated by HMI , that is , breadth , balance , relevance , and differentiation .
3 With this message already composed in his mind , William Joyce picked up the suitcases and led his wife from the echoing terminus of glass and iron .
4 He picked up the cases and she took their hand-cases and they walked home , passing three separate black people who looked at them with silent hostility and two elderly white women who did not look at them at all .
5 He picked up the garments she 'd taken off .
6 More to put her at her ease again than for any other reason I picked up The Times and showed it to her .
7 Viewers were therefore happy with a mixed diet , rather as though , in a public library , they sometimes picked up The Times , sometimes the Daily Mail , sometimes the Sun .
8 . I actually picked up the spots , soon as that Doctor came in , to see if they , right up .
9 He picked up the fingers .
10 I went over to the table , picked up the roses and threw them far out of the window .
11 Madeleine picked up the epithets and laughed at them .
12 A figure in a brown shirt stepped out from behind the bushes and stooping , picked up the leaflets that Fred had left lying on his jacket .
13 Hari pushed past the woman and picked up the boots hugging them to her in a rush of relief .
14 Stumbling to her feet , she picked up the diaries , slipped the clip into the pocket of her dress , and hurried downstairs as fast as she dared go .
15 He picked up the women in the street .
16 Lisa settled down with the bulldog clip that held the current day 's orders , and Folly picked up the accounts book .
17 ‘ Thallium , ’ you said , ‘ job for you ! ’ and thallium picked up the papers , simpered , and went out into the world to do your bidding .
18 He picked up the papers he had discarded and laid them out so that he could check his own reports while Coy spoke to him .
19 Dougal picked up the papers and followed Lorton upstairs .
20 Judging the business to be done , Ramlal picked up the papers and went to the door .
21 Mr. Crowther picked up the papers in front of him and set them down again very neatly .
22 Lee picked up the vibes and looked with wide-eyed apprehension as I held my breath and waited .
23 As he did so , the older man picked up the glasses which had been filled previously , and deliberately poured them over her head .
24 Also at about the same moment as the homing rat disappeared into the maze of runs under the city , scurrying along in faultless obedience to an ancient instinct , the Patrician of Ankh-Morpork picked up the letters delivered that morning by albatross .
25 The Crown claims that Gallen picked up the bombers in Donegal , drove them to the yard and returned an hour later to pick them up .
26 She picked up the shoes from the hearth and put them under the table .
27 She picked up the shoes in armfuls and stacked them away with obsessional care , keeping the toes carefully in line .
28 Abruptly Aggie picked up the handles of the flat-cart , then almost growling ‘ Come on ! ’ she pushed it along the road , the child trotting beside her now .
29 Anne could see , though , that he was trembling as he picked up the handles of the handcart and moved away .
30 She picked up the bags at her feet and plodded to the white wooden door , feeling in her bag for the key .
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