Example sentences of "i pick [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I pick up the pencil , put it back , climb into the trunk of the car and you drive me to see the boy . |
| 2 | go I pick up the accent . |
| 3 | I pick up the phone . |
| 4 | I pick up the phone again and dial the Home Office . |
| 5 | I pick up the bike and return it to the shed . |
| 6 | Instead , I pick up the clock on it and I see it is half-past six . |
| 7 | I pick up the gun and pocket it . |
| 8 | I pick up the receiver . |
| 9 | I really I really do wish it was that simple and I wish that when I pick up The Star on a Thursday or one of the other local papers that I did n't read in it the twenty cars that 's broken into and and all the other problems and I say to myself now why did that happen . |
| 10 | I know what a flea and a slug look like , I do n't want to be frightened to death every time I pick up the packet . |
| 11 | I pick up the paper and think about my father 's Social Security card sitting on my desk at home . |
| 12 | I pick up the cards and deal a circle for Clock Patience . |
| 13 | I pick up the scissors because I 'm alone in the shop and if he touches me again he 'll leave without something he came in with , when the bell goes on the door and this other boy in a city suit comes in , boring yuppie sort . |
| 14 | It moves another two inches and stops , then another two inches and stops , and continues like so until I pick up the rod and strike . |
| 15 | In the front seat by Des I fiddle with my receiver till I pick up the signal from the mike in his pocket . |