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Example sentences of "[vb past] to pick up [art] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	He walked over to the neatly stacked rods and selected one , then bent to pick up a wicker fishing box from a corner of the room .
2	She walked over to the pond and bent to pick up a small pebble , skimming it across the glittering water , watching the way it bounced , then sank , leaving behind it only ripples .
3	she did n't , she never bent to pick up a flower
4	Judy knew Brown Owl would be very cross if she saw Mandy on the other side of the fence — but she did n't have time to worry very long about that , for in a minute or two a loud , frightened scream shrilled from Mandy , who had stepped forward and bent to pick up the ball resting on the bright-green surface of the ground — and found herself up to her knees in treacherous , clinging slime .
5	As George bent to pick up the halter of the horse which the boy had been holding , he looked round the yard with interest , noting how his father 's voice , though by no means a shout , had penetrated every corner .
6	He bent to pick up the curl of hair , which he put carefully in his pocket , next to his heart .
7	He bent to pick up the card he 'd been carrying then scowled at the deserted foyer .
8	She looked round the hall , then bent to pick up the broken remains of a photo frame .
9	As soon as she stopped struggling and stood motionless he let her go and bent to pick up the shoes she 'd dropped .
10	He stood up , stretched and bent to pick up the tray .
11	The bus stopped to pick up a passenger off one of the first terraced streets of the town .
12	Fran turned to leave , then stopped to pick up the photograph of her father .
13	But the Retail Butcher of the Year promised to pick up the pieces and re-open as soon as possible .
14	She pretended to pick up a dropped paper napkin .
15	Norman Dale , 50 , was struck down as he tried to pick up a cup of tea .
16	Dot in the conservatory watched as Loopy Lil slowly tried to pick up the unsteady tray of china .
17	In her motherly concerned way , she was cosseting him as he tried to pick up the pieces of his life .
18	While he was speaking , Emily tried to pick up the incriminating letter and slip it into her bag , but Marcus stopped her .
19	The antics of the children as they scrambled and tried to pick up the coins were one of the highlights of the day .
20	Leith requested , and went back to her own office , where for the next twenty minutes she tried to pick up the threads of her job .
21	He 'd walked into the boathouse and tried to pick up an envelope and the floor had given way beneath him and a piece of beam was missing , and if I had n't been there with him he would certainly have drowned in the dock , impaled on something lurking beneath the surface .
22	Ludens hastened to pick up the jacket and helped Marcus into it .
23	He threw the orange to one of the theatre-goers , then stooped to pick up a glass jug , keeping the book and the saucepan going .
24	He stooped to pick up the tape .
25	Then , riding on , he stiffly dismounted , avoiding the kicking of disabled horses , and stooped to pick up the now trampled and muddied Lion Rampant standard of Scotland .
26	Linda opened the front door for the milk , and stooped to pick up the bottles .
27	In the grey morning light , Clare , still in her nightgown , stooped to pick up the little bottle of sleeping pills from the floor .
28	After she had gone he switched off the gramophone , drained his drink in a single gulp , then stooped to pick up the offending telegraph message .
29	He stooped to pick up the wrong key , which had been jerked out of the lock and out of her hand when she started away .
30	Ana seemed to pick up the vibes very quickly and tagged along with Mitch , laughing at his humour , turning her head from time to time in Maggie 's direction as if she could hear steam coming from her ears .