Example sentences of "picked up an " in BNC.
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| 1 | A small , fair woman came into the lounge , picked up an embroidery frame from the table , turned a chair away from the television , sat on the chair and began to sew . |
| 2 | He picked up an electric guitar at the Newport Folk Festival , assembled a band behind him and played loud enough to raise the roofbeams — just like he had done in his high-school days . |
| 3 | Vic said to Emily , as he picked up an egg . |
| 4 | As Charlie paced , he picked up an old pair of frayed jeans or a wide-collared shirt with pink flowers on it , or a Barclay James Harvest album , and tossed it out of the skylight and into the garden below . |
| 5 | REMEMBER Baftagate , when Lynda La Plante picked up an award for Prime Suspect although the majority of the jury allegedly voted for Alan Bleasdale 's GBH ? |
| 6 | A POLICEMAN whose hand was sewn back on after a sword attack yesterday picked up an object for the first time . |
| 7 | Niki picked up an extra nine points , James got nothing . |
| 8 | Besides … ’ he picked up an apple box of small shrubs and pushed past Cowley , along the damp walkway of the greenhouse . |
| 9 | Lisa , of Reading , Berks , picked up an infection after her nine-hour transplant last week at Harefield , Middlesex . |
| 10 | Jason , 24 , picked up an Indonesian souvenir — plus an ear infection which , he protested , forced him to stay in bed for days . |
| 11 | Five years later , I picked up an NME and read a huge , slavering review of bloated AOR rock beardie Bob Seger . |
| 12 | Don-E 's Island release ‘ Peace In The World ’ was disqualified from the charts after the hi-tech security system used by chart compilers Gallup picked up an unusually high concentration of sales in the south London area . |
| 13 | Kneeling down on the floor , he picked up an empty cartridge case . |
| 14 | ‘ There is one more thing , ’ Benin said , and picked up an attache case from beside his chair . |
| 15 | Last week GGT picked up an extra £5m of business from Cadbury and the £4m Philips CD Interactive account . |
| 16 | She picked up an emptied canister from the kitchen floor . |
| 17 | Lyddy picked up an envelope on the dressing-table . |
| 18 | He took a torch from the iron bracket , picked up an arbalest leaning against the wall , as well as a stout leather quiver filled with vicious barbed quarrels . |
| 19 | Peter emigrated to Australia some 20 years ago from Leicester and at this time picked up an old copy of Bradshaws and became interested in the Bishop 's Castle Railway . |
| 20 | He is less confident about striker Ian Wright , who scored in both Wembley games but picked up an ankle injury to go with his broken toe . |
| 21 | And as independents Tony Carlin and William McCorriston , both formerly of the SDLP , counted their losses last night , the SDLP was celebrating victory in both the Northland Ward , where all five fielded candidates were elected , and on the Waterside , where it picked up an extra seat . |
| 22 | He picked up an old ornament : a serpent winding itself around a globe ; an appropriate image . |
| 23 | He came back to the bedside and picked up an already opened bottle of red wine from the bedside table . |
| 24 | Once Belmont picked up an opening end count of five , Dunluce were in big trouble . |