Example sentences of "and picks [adv] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He switches on the interior light and picks up a bundle from the passenger seat . |
| 2 | The second man smiles , wags his index finger and picks up a copy of his company 's annual report . |
| 3 | George was second out of the hat and picks up the £100 second prize , while Yvonne is £50 better-off in third place . |
| 4 | Sleepily a hand reaches out and picks up the receiver . |
| 5 | He clucks his tongue again and picks up the script . |
| 6 | If its enemy is still not daunted and picks up the toad in its teeth , the poison acts so swiftly and powerfully on the mucous membranes of the mouth that the attacker drops the toad almost immediately . |
| 7 | She sighs and picks up the envelope again . |
| 8 | Suppose that I am sitting by a bowl of fruit ; my hand hovers over a pear , then a peach catches my eye ; their distinctive favours revive in memory and pull against each other , then my hand moves over and picks out the peach . |