Example sentences of "[pers pn] picks up [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I picks up the phone and dialled a special number for the fraud squad . |
| 2 | Her dislike of him was such that during the filming of A Letter to Four Wives , in which she picks up a photograph of a man and reacts with distaste , director Joe Mankiewicz used a photo of Preminger which prompted exactly the right expression from Darnell . |
| 3 | She picks up a cigarette , and lights it . |
| 4 | ‘ No , it 's just that my sister 's going out , ’ she says , as she picks up the various plastic carrier bags already waiting in the hall . |
| 5 | Me friend over in Norway , she said she 's she got over there and sat down and she thought , yes , she 's got the Complete Works of Shakespeare , I 'll have a whale of a time trying to read it , she picks up the book , it 's all in Norwegian . |
| 6 | The holes are formed by transferring one stitch to the next needle to the right or left , leaving the empty needle in working position so that it picks up a stitch on the following row . |
| 7 | However erm one thing I think that 's got to be borne in mind and it picks up a point that erm Leeds have made , is that they 're looking towards trendy migration , they say . |
| 8 | Ensure that you are not so near the microphone that it picks up every sound including heavy breathing and muttered asides . |
| 9 | And the rest of the time he 's had this , sort of on , on the pullover here and of course it 's so sensitive that it it picks up every rustle ! |
| 10 | The United States expert sought to re-assure the Commission that pre-trial discovery procedures in his country were all after the commencement of proceedings ( the relevance of this being , presumably , that it picks up the requirement of Article 1(2) of the Convention ) and were under the control of a judge . |
| 11 | cos it makes a fun funny humming or buzzing noise because it picks up the vibrations through the table otherwise . |
| 12 | As you install the software , it picks up the AUTOEXEC and CONFIG files and copies them into each configuration slot . |
| 13 | It picks up the very dim stars . |
| 14 | That er goes on in relation to er criminal matters again and er er paragraph three hundred and thi , thirty three forty one er it picks up the subject of expert testament , namely er science , art , trade , technical terms , handwriting , foreign law er the ensuing pages in fact deal with that and then at paragraph thirty two fifty one er in the er section of subjects which experts may not testify on . |
| 15 | It picks up the board outline . |
| 16 | If you do an area select alright , it picks up the board outline as well , it selects the board outline . |
| 17 | He picks up a novel I 'm reading . |
| 18 | Next he picks up a large flat stone and , holding it overhead , mutters a prayer and smashes the skull , twice . |
| 19 | He picks up a guitar to demonstrate and I notice that his picking action seems to be coming from his elbow , with a fairly stiff forearm … |
| 20 | And he 'd got lots of famous mates that want to play on his records , and he picks up a Grammy and releases records on scrupulous labels , instead of the 30 or more indie horsefixers he 's had the misfortune to deal with over the years . |
| 21 | Turry has to be the best-armed hero of all time and when he picks up a few power-ups you 'd think he was invincible . |
| 22 | I 'm sure he must be joking , but he picks up a pair of liquorice-coloured Everlasts and walks to the ring apron . |
| 23 | On the platform he picks up the local rumours . |
| 24 | He picks up the Business Section of the Times and takes it into the kitchen . |
| 25 | He closes face when he picks up the bat . |
| 26 | ( He picks up the coin . ) |
| 27 | ‘ Make yourself some coffee , ’ the Rasta says , and he picks up the phone . |