Example sentences of "[conj] [noun prp] picked up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fleet diesel sales grew by 15.6 per cent last year , and Brookman naturally wants it known that Peugeot picked up the lion 's share . |
| 2 | The Crown claims that Gallen picked up the bombers in Donegal , drove them to the yard and returned an hour later to pick them up . |
| 3 | The light from the kitchen window was showing up the faintest of impressions on the paper , and Doyle picked up the pad and examined it more closely . |
| 4 | We sat down and Harvey picked up the telephone . |
| 5 | A barrage of punches which started with a swinging left hook left Clarkson on one knee and once the action restarted and Hardy picked up the assault , it was clear the fight would come to a quick conclusion . |
| 6 | And Bobby picked up the phone when the phone rang and it was her and she sai erm Bob said yes ? |
| 7 | Jan sat on one of our original moquette chairs and Darren picked up the atmosphere and , for the first time since I 'd met him , sat on a chair in silence . |
| 8 | ‘ Imagine if Mike picked up the paper and read ‘ Wife lops husband 's head off with a fish slice on a Sunday afternoon ’ and found out it was us . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Thank God , ’ she said , when Kelly picked up the phone . |
| 10 | Jane dug the garden as Lee picked up the weeds . |