Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] picked [adv prt] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | On his way up the paved path between walls of rose bushes he picked up a piece of old iron pipe with his gloved hand . |
| 2 | From a plain wooden table spread with literature she picked up a booklet and offered it to Melissa , who took it with some hesitation . |
| 3 | In the living room she picked up a couple of wine glasses from the floor and set them down on a coffee table . |
| 4 | A little later we saw another cow and then through my glasses I picked up a bull lying down in the distance . |
| 5 | At the meat fridge I picked up a pack of ground beef . |
| 6 | As they left the store they picked up a copy of Allied 's 1991/1992 brochure and found the carpet was normally priced at £9.99 . |
| 7 | Flushed with the success of a comparatively trouble-free ascent of Great Slab/Bow-Shaped Slab combination I picked out a ‘ sheep ’ on the wolfish East Buttress — the classic VS climb Curving Crack . |
| 8 | After about eight issues he picked up a copy and noticed that Bowart-using the same technique he had used to appoint Miles London correspondent — had appointed him , and William Randolph Hearst as editors . |
| 9 | If you read that the way you picked up a wine glass was magical , then you can never do that again unself-consciously ’ — Actress Anna Massey . |
| 10 | Along the way they picked up a Swedish girl , Eva Vincett , who had married an Englishman , so then there were three ! |
| 11 | In Porchester Terrace they picked up a blue Mark 1 Zephyr and drove sedately home to Lancaster Road . |
| 12 | ‘ The first time I picked up a 12 bore , it was bigger than me and the men all laughed . |