Example sentences of "[noun] picked [adv prt] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The woman was wandering at random , in loose zigzags it seemed , until Jay 's eyes picked out the curling shifting edge of the sea . |
| 2 | Jean picked up the bag and took it home . |
| 3 | Neil picked up the book . |
| 4 | David picked up the arm and through the rack looking for new ones to put on while Sandra busied herself putting on the sleeves of the ones they had played . |
| 5 | Corbett picked up the torch and threw it down . |
| 6 | Edward picked up the menu . |
| 7 | Edward picked up the bill and examined it . |
| 8 | Edward picked up the saw . |
| 9 | Cadfael picked up the psaltery with due respect , and laid it safely aside on the little prayer-desk . |
| 10 | And Bobby picked up the phone when the phone rang and it was her and she sai erm Bob said yes ? |
| 11 | A barrage of punches which started with a swinging left hook left Clarkson on one knee and once the action restarted and Hardy picked up the assault , it was clear the fight would come to a quick conclusion . |
| 12 | Travis picked up the map he must have been consulting while she slept . |
| 13 | At the edge of her hearing , Bernice picked up the sound of a roaring furnace engine , overlaid with the high pitched whine of cooling heat shields . |
| 14 | Woolley picked up the tempo . |
| 15 | The senders of the first 500 correct entries picked out the hat on that date will become Tizer Club members and get their super Tizer Club kits . |
| 16 | She crossed the room and with a resolute shrug of her shoulders picked up the receiver . |
| 17 | Fleet diesel sales grew by 15.6 per cent last year , and Brookman naturally wants it known that Peugeot picked up the lion 's share . |
| 18 | Maggie picked up the poker and jabbed the fire with it , rearranging the coals so that even more heat was thrown out . |
| 19 | Some while later Colonel James Churchward picked up the idea of Mu . |
| 20 | But when Mr Wray punched him , Youngs picked up the hammer and struck him across the cheek . |
| 21 | Pete picked up the bucket as the door was unlocked . |
| 22 | Cornelius picked up the envelope and tore it open . |
| 23 | As soon as the last student had filed out of her office , Loretta picked up the phone . |
| 24 | Seeing this , Dong picked up the shovel and made to dig again . |
| 25 | T'zin picked up the cup , then gestured with it . |
| 26 | Léonie picked up the brush and got going on her cousin 's hair . |
| 27 | Unfortunately , the woman in question picked up the piece of paper with her name and address on along with all the Sanctuary 's records , and has not been seen since . |
| 28 | Cigarette companies picked up the idea a hundred years later and included romances in each packet of cigarettes . |
| 29 | Professor Hoskins picked out the redbrick farmhouses of Leicestershire as perhaps his favourite . |
| 30 | The boy picked up the knife and was about to cut into the cake when he stopped . |