Example sentences of "[noun] pick [adv prt] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Projections suggest that FUNCINPEC will have 57 seats in Cambodia 's constituent assembly , against the CPP 's 52 , with minor parties picking up the remaining 11 seats . |
| 2 | Three inches in from the portal , Kirov 's keen eyes picked out the single human hair which he had fixed , with a smear of soapstone , between the door and the bare wooden floor . |
| 3 | Eleanor picked up the fresh flowers and began trimming their stems . |
| 4 | Frankie picked up the empty kettle and went to refill it but I noticed that none of the onlookers tried to wring his neck while he had the kettle in his hands . |
| 5 | Satisfied , Manville picked up the coded copy and headed towards the despatch room . |
| 6 | There was no sign of any devastation or a struggle , except where the pool of light picked out the broken , gutted cat . |
| 7 | The first watcher picked up the red phone nearby and punched out three digits . |
| 8 | Kate 's quick ears picked up the remembered bitterness . |
| 9 | Then his ears picked up the soft pattering of multiple animal feet , and the sound of undergrowth being brushed lightly aside by swiftly moving bodies . |
| 10 | In this multi-channelled world , Mr Myhrvold argues , the challenge will be not just to supply information but to make it easy for the user to pick out the specific bits he wants . |
| 11 | The headlights pick up the shiny worn sleepers . |
| 12 | Then the Judge picked up the stiff body of the student in his arms . |
| 13 | Cornelius picked up the old paper bag and carefully uncreased it . |
| 14 | Maud picked up the top letter on each pile . |
| 15 | Léonie picked up the wet cake of soap from the tin dish stencilled with poppies and washed her hands . |
| 16 | He bought groceries to last him the week , then popped next door to the frame shop to pick up the stainless steel frame he 'd ordered for a James Barker black and white print he 'd obtained in an auction some weeks before . |
| 17 | I never understood why we got in the tangled bureaucratic mess of the community charge to pick up the tiny amount of 3 million out of 42.5 million people . |
| 18 | The lead was extended by Rory Malone picking up the loose ball 7 minutes into the 2nd half , 15-4 down . |
| 19 | The microphone picks up the surrounding sounds and feeds them to the amplifier . |
| 20 | The embroidery-edged bed linen picks up the delicate decoration as does the appliqué bedcover , while the plain brown walls add warmth and lend a strong contrast . |
| 21 | Glasgow St Enoch Square picked up the Scottish award , Blackpool South Shore were tops in the North of England , and Maidenhead were champions in the South of England . |
| 22 | Robert picked up the overflowing hand grip lying next to his feet . |
| 23 | Black picked up the loose pile of paper just faxed through from Glasgow , |
| 24 | But the red bitch chose that same day to pick up the remaining puppy in her teeth and carry it by the scruff of the neck up the ladder and into the house . |
| 25 | Harvey the conformist was the first of the five remaining customers to pick up the outsize gesture . |
| 26 | That afternoon , while the same wind , now freshened , still blew across the island and off into the North Sea , Esmerelda and I went out as usual , and stopped off at the shed to pick up the dismantled kite . |
| 27 | Other Counsellors ' viewpoints picked out the wrecked pod , various parts of the slope and the gulley , and the four human targets . |
| 28 | Oliver picked up the empty bottle . |
| 29 | Rather , children seemed to grasp the fact that some terms pick out the positive end of a dimension , and others the negative end , before they necessarily identify which terms belong together as pairs . |
| 30 | Ecstatically , with enthusiasm and with people picking up the steely determination , that we 've all got to work with every energy to make sure that we win the General Election , as simple as that . |