Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] picked [adv] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having collected the mail and picked up the following day 's patrol tasks , the vehicles arrive and we return to Rosemount for lunch . |
| 2 | I went round the other side of the horse and picked up the off fore . |
| 3 | ‘ Let's go then , ’ said Caro and picked up the big carpet bag . |
| 4 | Tom Kean strode across the clearing and picked up the discarded paper . |
| 5 | Corbett shook his head and picked up the faded leather dog collar . |
| 6 | Nintendo 's machines hit British shops in autumn 1990 but it was last Christmas , when it outsold everything else in sight and picked up the prestigious Toy Of The Year award , that things really took off . |
| 7 | He jotted the three names down on a slip of paper with a gesture of finality and picked up the internal telephone , stabbing out the number for the code-room . |
| 8 | He pulled on the coat , adjusted a slouch hat and picked up the overnight bag she had prepared . |
| 9 | He walked to the table and picked up the big Polaroid camera in its leather case . |