Example sentences of "picked up [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Henry Wendt , 58 , chairman , picked up £1.8m , an increase of 93 p.c. while Bob Bauman , 60 , chief executive , collected £1.7m , representing a more modest 3½ p.c. increase in his total package . |
| 2 | He picked up Laura 's gun and considered his options . |
| 3 | He picked up Laura 's gun yet again and tucked it into his jacket . |
| 4 | All members of poor families picked up work whenever possible from the earliest ages — a means of survival which was easiest in the big cities where the largest number of casual jobs could be found such as cleaning , running errands and childminding . |
| 5 | Money was bad , but he was still working for Liberty and picked up work on Pageant magazine . |
| 6 | Bourke also claims that another prisoner in the same wing picked up part of their nightly conversations on his radio . |
| 7 | She crouched and picked up part of the brickwork that had crumbled away from a supporting pillar . |
| 8 | Last year , it acquired the small Abbots and Sussex dairies , also based in the south , and in January picked up part of the Co-operative Wholesale Society 's milk distribution business . |
| 9 | Len Miller ( West End ) drawn near the Burnt Oak , picked up roach at intervals presenting a single maggot under a six metre pole to win with 4–14–0 . |
| 10 | Tom picked up Willie 's three books and gave them to him to carry . |
| 11 | He picked up Willie 's label from the top of the bookcase and handed it to him . |
| 12 | After they had eaten , Kalchu picked up Sigarup in his blanket , holding the limp body draped across his two forearms as he would a child . |
| 13 | The next stop was Butterfield , where they picked up Morton the embalmer . |
| 14 | Erm the education side you picked up university and school fees . |
| 15 | I replaced Debonair and picked up Lovedolls . |
| 16 | Toddler walks with her had been a superhuman test of patience as she squatted by every puddle , slowly stirring the water with sticks , and picked up myriads of stones , tenderly brushing them free of earth and inserting them with infinite laboriousness into pockets already grinding with pebbles . |
| 17 | He picked up Doyle 's limp hand and felt for a pulse . |
| 18 | On the night of 13 March the U.852 sank a steamer called the Peleus and then cruised round the area shining a searchlight on wreckage and survivors while the ship 's first lieutenant , doctor and engineer officer with two ratings picked up guns and grenades and by indiscriminate firing endeavoured to destroy all traces of the sinking before the patrolling aircraft arrived in the morning . |
| 19 | We parked in the car park and picked up copies of the RSPB-designed trail leaflet at the Visitor Centre , a converted stone chapel . |
| 20 | Meanwhile , during journeys to Palestine and to Egypt , I picked up copies of The Dry Salvages and Little Gidding . |
| 21 | Running into the glade , she picked up Rosalind 's letter and folded it back into its envelope , which she saw to her dismay had been badly torn by the man 's rough handling of it . |
| 22 | I picked up Dorothy Wordsworth 's Journals hoping for a quiet hour or two by the river while they were manoeuvring . |
| 23 | I had a drink of water as my throat was hurting , picked up Dorothy Wordsworth 's Journals and sat down thankfully in an easy chair . |
| 24 | The morning train from Sidney picked up milk from various farms for shipment to Victoria and on at least one occasion it was held up for two hours while cows , that had been turned into the bush the previous night to pick up what nourishment they could were searched for , rounded up , milked and the milk loaded for the trip to town . |
| 25 | The woman , aged between 30 and 35 , rifled through drawers then picked up Kristian . |
| 26 | The villagers , who were provided with free refuse sacks and gloves by the borough council , picked up litter along the River Tees embankment . |
| 27 | Later that morning , Sergeant Benning left Wantage police station with two constables , picked up PC Sparkes , and went to arrest John Carter . |
| 28 | Remember the sensational flurry a couple of years back when we picked up word that IBM Corp was considering making an agreed offer for Apple Computer Inc ? |
| 29 | She bent down to retrieve the best china from the floor , whilst Ray picked up teaspoons with one hand and dabbed at the goat 's milk with the other holding his handkerchief . |
| 30 | Bradley picked up £38 out of £58 on offer . |