Example sentences of "[pron] pick [adv] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it has to be said , he wrote , that its opposite , a feeling of elation , equally physical , equally extra-physical , has also been a constant feature of my life , manifesting itself regularly though impossible to predict , a reeling in the chest this time , the chest and perhaps the throat , a feeling of the heart leaping and the blood pumping , it came when I first took up a brush and made a mark on paper , it came when I picked up the first readymade and felt it transformed by that very action , it came when Madge rang to say she could not go on , when Annie wrote to say she was not coming back , when the idea of the glass first popped into my head . |
| 2 | She picked up the second carrier bag and saw me to the door with it . |
| 3 | That should shake the audience to attention , she thought , as she picked up the first book . |
| 4 | She picked up the first box of jars and went back to the room . |
| 5 | There were three letters and an electricity bill addressed to Mrs Emma Funnell , three circulars and — she picked up the last envelope — a cheap blue paper one and addressed to herself , not as Mrs Margaret Jones , but Mrs Peggy Jones . |
| 6 | From the corner of her eye , she watched him pick up the first coil of rope . |
| 7 | Showing that their displays are appropriate for all types of buildings they picked up the third prize for their display at the Marriott Hotel also in Dyce . |
| 8 | Satan , in his accustomed place in the lead , came to a stop as he picked up the first trace of man-scent . |
| 9 | He picked up the third book that he had thrown . |
| 10 | He lifted his hands in a helpless gesture , then , letting them drop , he picked up the next chart . |
| 11 | He picked up the next envelope . |
| 12 | He picked up the last letter . |