Example sentences of "[noun] picked [adv] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was so well known now , yet it still thrilled her as she saw the way the dim light picked out the shadows of his cheekbones , the sharp angle of his jaw . |
| 2 | Judging the business to be done , Ramlal picked up the papers and went to the door . |
| 3 | Mr. Crowther picked up the papers in front of him and set them down again very neatly . |
| 4 | The sun picked up the colours of a girl 's dress . |
| 5 | She nursed his ailments too , and with a needle from a certain yucca picked out the chigoes from his feet , neatly , so as not to burst the sac in which the nits were hatching and release them into his flesh : the insects between his pink and white toes were just like a shrimp 's roe . |
| 6 | The sentry picked up the tags , stared at the photos and at our faces . |
| 7 | The sharp white lights of the television crew picked out the shards of the Worm , blowing about at the bottom of the pit until they became transparent and brittle , breaking into thousands of tiny pieces . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Lee picked up the vibes and looked with wide-eyed apprehension as I held my breath and waited . |
| 10 | Jane dug the garden as Lee picked up the weeds . |
| 11 | Gabriel picked up the tools . |
| 12 | By the time Coleman picked up the threads of the plot in February 1987 , there was still no clear plan of attack , although it was generally agreed among Hurley and his colleagues that luring Younis into a drug deal was probably the key , and that a lot of political hassle would be avoided if he could be taken , say , in international waters . |
| 13 | Uncle Albert picked up the oars , turned the boat round , and started furiously rowing up river . |
| 14 | Lisa settled down with the bulldog clip that held the current day 's orders , and Folly picked up the accounts book . |
| 15 | As he did so , the older man picked up the glasses which had been filled previously , and deliberately poured them over her head . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Dougal picked up the papers and followed Lorton upstairs . |
| 19 | Madeleine picked up the epithets and laughed at them . |
| 20 | When his coolie picked up the shafts and broke into his loping stride , Joseph found he could n't look at the narrow , sweat-streaked shoulders bobbing in front of him without seeing the bleeding welts caused by the French colon 's cane . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | ‘ Thallium , ’ you said , ‘ job for you ! ’ and thallium picked up the papers , simpered , and went out into the world to do your bidding . |
| 23 | Conley picked up the passengers but as he overtook a car on Overdale Road , Park End , Middlesbrough , he lost control . |