Example sentences of "[noun] [noun prp] picked up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Rosa had taken the tray Luce picked up the crutch and practised hobbling round the bedroom . |
| 2 | Miss Gilberd picked up the receiver , and dialled . |
| 3 | Llandudno professional Simon Boulden picked up the £360 winner 's cheque at Bull Bay 's annual pro-am tournament with a two-under par round of 69 which included birdy twos at the short 10th and 12th holes . |
| 4 | Mr. Crowther picked up the papers in front of him and set them down again very neatly . |
| 5 | Mr Pigdon picked up the candle which had been ready to light him to bed from a shelf in an alcove by the door , and bustled past the visitor down the hall . |
| 6 | Uncle Albert picked up the oars , turned the boat round , and started furiously rowing up river . |
| 7 | When Kee left the room Conway picked up the telephone . |
| 8 | Main rival Jan Zelezny picked up the spear and pounded out an 83.96 metres with his first and only effort to lead the field . |
| 9 | Pietro Miletti picked up the paper again and began to read in a calm , confident voice , a voice that was accustomed to being obeyed , that never needed to make a fuss . |
| 10 | Office manager Heather rang the company 's technical services department in Cambridgeshire where systems analyst Chris picked up the phone . |
| 11 | Office manager Heather rang the company 's technical services department in Cambridgeshire where computer analyst Chris picked up the phone and at once both knew it was the start of something special . |
| 12 | Planning committee chairman Norman Lantsbery picked up the other . |
| 13 | With a shaking hand Isabel picked up the goblet . |
| 14 | With this message already composed in his mind , William Joyce picked up the suitcases and led his wife from the echoing terminus of glass and iron . |
| 15 | NICK FALDO picked up the Ritz Club Golfer of the Year award and the Vardon Trophy , given to the European Tour 's leading money-winner , at the Tour 's annual dinner in London last night . |
| 16 | Doctor Teesdale picked up the receiver . |
| 17 | Mark Gill picked up the ball in the middle of the Park and , with the Portadown defence spreadeagled and offering no challenge , he calmly lobbed it over their heads and also that of Magee who had come off his line . |
| 18 | Terry Miller picked up the Grantley Times . |
| 19 | Some while later Colonel James Churchward picked up the idea of Mu . |
| 20 | Having given them the song , it was a hit and that 's when Tony DeFries picked up the management . |
| 21 | By the time Coleman picked up the threads of the plot in February 1987 , there was still no clear plan of attack , although it was generally agreed among Hurley and his colleagues that luring Younis into a drug deal was probably the key , and that a lot of political hassle would be avoided if he could be taken , say , in international waters . |