Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] picked up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I I have n't contacted only from what who er Granville said so I picked up the communion the straight away and then I could n't and she 's coming on the or that Sunday the first |
| 2 | I says that 's got ta be Warren , it could n't be anybody else , so when I come down I went off like , well I tell ya I ca n't do it , so I knew it was so I picked up the wrong she says oh I 'm just ringing because you can see what the weather is she says and you could n't go and do a day in erm , with your |
| 3 | So I picked up the thing with an empty bottle and put it in the , on the kitchen . |
| 4 | He noticed that the phone was ringing , and as he sat down he picked up the receiver and almost casually identified himself . |
| 5 | So he picked up the receiver and waited . |
| 6 | When she went downstairs he picked up the photo which stood on the dressing-table , one of his parents at someone else 's wedding . |
| 7 | Slowly she picked up the flowers , not knowing what to say . |
| 8 | When I got home I picked up the threads of my ordinary life again very quickly — you might say I snatched them up , and plunged into a round of work and social life deliberately intended to give me as few idle moments as possible . |
| 9 | Hesitantly she picked up the soap and began to soap the expanse of his chest , while he looked down at her . |
| 10 | When he was satisfied they were doing it correctly he picked up the head of the dead buffalo and carried it to the river . |
| 11 | Then I picked up the Nescafe tin and prised the lid off . |
| 12 | Then I picked up the lights of Burnham to starboard , and knew roughly where I was . |
| 13 | Then I picked up the lamp torch and held it above my head . |
| 14 | Then she picked up the book of ‘ psychological correspondences ’ again and began with difficulty to read the letters . |
| 15 | Then she picked up the wicker bird cage and took it to the sill . |
| 16 | Then she picked up the dirty washing and went to the door . |
| 17 | Then she picked up the letter with the neatly typed address . |
| 18 | Then she picked up the tall glass she had carried down with her , and which was now empty , walked sedately to the water 's edge , filled it with ice-cold water and returned to see that he had not shifted . |
| 19 | She waited until she heard the outer door close , then she picked up the receiver . |
| 20 | It stared at it for a moment , rubbing its arms , and then it picked up the telephone . |
| 21 | But then he picked up the rubbish bag and slung it over his shoulder . |
| 22 | Then he picked up the phone and called for additional officers . |
| 23 | He wiped his face , then he picked up the cheque again , and his wet thumb smudged my signature . |
| 24 | Then he picked up the fainter smells of buttercups and horses . |
| 25 | Then he picked up the two bags and led her into the terminal . |
| 26 | Then he picked up the internal phone and pressed a button . |
| 27 | Then he picked up the receiver again . |
| 28 | Then he picked up the washing-up . |
| 29 | And little , twinkly Claus Korth , captain of U.93 with a crew of forty-four , described poetically how he picked up the forty-nine survivors of a Bismarck supply ship , the Belchen , and brought his heavily overloaded boat back to France . |
| 30 | Instead she picked up the receiver again . |