Example sentences of "[noun] picked [adv prt] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Last week GGT picked up an extra £5m of business from Cadbury and the £4m Philips CD Interactive account . |
| 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 | Attempts to contact Australia 400 miles ( over 640km ) to the south were unsuccessful , but the 1 09-set picked up a Dutch broadcast which was translated for the Company by a passing Dutch soldier : it announced the surrender of all their forces in the East Indies . |
| 6 | Manville picked up the second folder , sighing heavily . |
| 7 | Satisfied , Manville picked up the coded copy and headed towards the despatch room . |
| 8 | Ajayi picked up a small , thin slate from the floor at the base of the pillar behind her . |
| 9 | That same pool of light picked out a half-smoked cigar on the edge of an ashtray , a partly consumed sandwich , and several mugs of cold tea . |
| 10 | There was no sign of any devastation or a struggle , except where the pool of light picked out the broken , gutted cat . |
| 11 | Once again Skaller picked up the two pictures , but only the features of the other boy still held his glance . |
| 12 | The first watcher picked up the red phone nearby and punched out three digits . |
| 13 | Kate 's quick ears picked up the remembered bitterness . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | His eyes and ears picked out a flashing red light , an insistent warning bleep . |
| 16 | Niki picked up an extra nine points , James got nothing . |
| 17 | Iskandara picked up the few envelopes and looked at them disinterestedly . |
| 18 | Then the Judge picked up the stiff body of the student in his arms . |
| 19 | Granny picked up the last of the things they had cleared out of the cupboards and looked at it . |
| 20 | Cornelius picked up the old paper bag and carefully uncreased it . |
| 21 | Ipswich could have taken the lead as early as the second minute , when Steve Whitton picked up a poor clearance by Nigel Spink and cracked a drive just wide from 25 yards . |
| 22 | Loretta picked up a straight black skirt from the bed and stepped into it . |
| 23 | Maud picked up the top letter on each pile . |
| 24 | Léonie picked up the wet cake of soap from the tin dish stencilled with poppies and washed her hands . |
| 25 | The beam picked out a small pale oblong by the pillar nearest the pond . |
| 26 | From a wooden plinth on one table , Hamish picked up a dull black cone that looked a little like a Viking helmet without the horns . |
| 27 | Tom picked up the two whiskeys and manoeuvred Patrick into the corner , pushing him into the seat first so that he was up against the wall . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | At last week 's advertising awards , the Esso tiger picked up the Best Animal trophy when to me it was obvious that the Andrex puppy was the better creature . |
| 30 | Robert picked up a large cellophane bag , and , with a resentful glance in her direction , pulled it across the polished floor . |