Example sentences of "[conj] picked [adv prt] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | He stood and picked up the small bowl he had brought , walking through to her bathroom to empty it . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | He pulled on the coat , adjusted a slouch hat and picked up the overnight bag she had prepared . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | Then she stood up , turned to the sink again and picked up the rust-coloured casserole dish from where she had left it . |
6 | Having collected the mail and picked up the following day 's patrol tasks , the vehicles arrive and we return to Rosemount for lunch . |
7 | He stooped and picked up the cruel dagger which had nearly split his throat . |
8 | She pushed her glasses back up her nose , clamped her mouth shut firmly , and picked up the hard-backed novel , which had cost six dollars and fifty cents of the Committee 's small funds . |
9 | He went down and picked up the dangling receiver . |
10 | He walked to the table and picked up the big Polaroid camera in its leather case . |
11 | ‘ Let's go then , ’ said Caro and picked up the big carpet bag . |
12 | I reached down and picked up the empty wine bottle and smashed it to the floor . |
13 | I went round the other side of the horse and picked up the off fore . |
14 | And it was just after he 'd flicked through one of them that Detective Constable Hodges ( blast his eyes ! ) had come in , walked over to the newspaper stall , and picked up the top copy but one from the Daily Mirror pile . |
15 | However , Ell moved quickly over and picked up the raw meat . |
16 | He looked at her — evasive , placating — and picked up the local paper . |
17 | Tom Kean strode across the clearing and picked up the discarded paper . |
18 | Jill darted forward and picked up the crushed envelope . |
19 | And Kalchu was satisfied and picked up the quivering body to carry it back to the fireside . |
20 | Corbett shook his head and picked up the faded leather dog collar . |
21 | Mihal beat away the burning logs with his club while Martin rushed in and picked up the old man . |
22 | He came nearer , and the light of the June evening turned the tanned planes of his hawk-face and the ridge of the bold , importunate nose to copper , and picked out the russet reds in the short , dark beard , scoring deeper the deeply graved lines of audacity and laughter . |