Example sentences of "[coord] picking [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | I assumed the Maggot was delivering or picking up a customer , but it was none of my business , so I stripped down to my shorts and began work as Thessy , his brother Philemon and their father took a battered wooden skiff across the lagoon . |
| 2 | She wandered back to the dressing-table and stood fiddling and picking over every little object on it . |
| 3 | Have you been trawling the sales and picking up every urn and tub that caught your fancy ? |
| 4 | ‘ What I would n't agree with is someone coming over here to play and picking up a cheap cap . |
| 5 | I think it is going into your subconscious and picking up a whole series of signals . |
| 6 | ‘ Watch ! ’ he insisted , and picking up a fallen bough , threw it into the midst of this dark greenness . |
| 7 | He crouched , and picking up a handful of soil , rubbed it through his fingers . |
| 8 | However , if a cell has too much cholesterol , it can be removed by an HDL particle colliding with the cell and picking up the cholesterol that is excess to requirements . |
| 9 | He strode into the room and picking up the kettle with an old cloth he proceeded to make a pot of tea . |
| 10 | ‘ Well , well , ’ she said , bending down and picking up the little frog , ‘ what have we here then ? ’ |
| 11 | He shook his head , smiling ironically , then took a quick swig from the can , before turning down the volume of the TV and picking up the phone . |
| 12 | He looked down now on to the plate on which lay a pig 's foot and two pieces of streaky pork ; and picking up the pig 's foot in his two hands , he gnawed at it for a moment before looking at the child again and asking her , ‘ Well , what 's your other name ? ’ |
| 13 | Emily drew a sheet of writing paper towards her and picking up the pen began to write … |
| 14 | ‘ What have we here ? ’ their father asked , leaning down and picking up the paper bag . |
| 15 | Should you not suspend the sitting until there is someone on the Tory Benches who is capable of walking over and picking up the notes to the Minister ? |
| 16 | Agrippa smiled , going up beside the doctor and picking up the white rose . |
| 17 | ‘ They look to be part of a community and picking up the rules of the culture . |
| 18 | Leaving the pants in the cupboard was possibly a nothing , and picking up the reel of red thread in the boots simply accident , done goodness knows how . |
| 19 | Being a regular to the attractions of the Continent and its sunnier climes , I started by skimming through and picking out a few of the relatively recent crags that I have visited , such as Ceuse & Oppede le Vieux : they are in — fine . |
| 20 | Richard had already been remarked as the kind of small boy enchanted by small girls and deaf to the ridicule of his peers on the matter ; on this occasion he watched Victoria twist her curls around her fingers in motionless fascination for ten minutes , then followed her for the rest of the afternoon , fetching drinks and finding seats , carrying her favourite blue rabbit when she dropped it and picking out the choicest pieces of bread and butter for her at tea . |
| 21 | and picking out the winners when the going gets rough at Ascot . |