Example sentences of "[conj] picked up [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For Clelia was , as she had claimed , a good audience : she listened with an attention that picked up the faintest vibrations of meaning . |
| 2 | The old woman dropped the Access card into her pinafore pocket and picked up a framed photograph from a small table near the window . |
| 3 | And eventually in exasperation the bird flew a short way down the beach and picked up a small stone in its beak and then it returned and it bashed the shell repeatedly until it cracked it open and it was able to get at the contents inside . |
| 4 | 4 children from Swindon picked up lambs here at Southleaze farm and picked up a dangerous parasite , cryptosporidium . |
| 5 | Zambia slid to the floor near Tammuz' chair and picked up a fallen Munchi-Chip to eat . |
| 6 | Craig reached into his pocket and caressed his lucky deck of cards , then felt around with his other hand and picked up a flat toolcase made of heavy-duty plastic . |
| 7 | Masklin crouched down , slowly , and picked up a large stone . |
| 8 | Willi bustled over to the dresser that stretched along one side of the room and picked up a huge basket of flowers . |
| 9 | Thomas Logan was the fortunate geezer who entered a Radio Clyde competition and picked up a free Washburn guitar at our recent Scottish Show . |
| 10 | Antonio laced more ketchup onto the remaining burger and picked up a French fry . |
| 11 | She pulled it round her and picked up a heavy torch . |
| 12 | He stood and picked up the small bowl he had brought , walking through to her bathroom to empty it . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | He pulled on the coat , adjusted a slouch hat and picked up the overnight bag she had prepared . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Then she stood up , turned to the sink again and picked up the rust-coloured casserole dish from where she had left it . |
| 17 | Having collected the mail and picked up the following day 's patrol tasks , the vehicles arrive and we return to Rosemount for lunch . |
| 18 | He stooped and picked up the cruel dagger which had nearly split his throat . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | He went down and picked up the dangling receiver . |
| 21 | He walked to the table and picked up the big Polaroid camera in its leather case . |
| 22 | ‘ Let's go then , ’ said Caro and picked up the big carpet bag . |
| 23 | I reached down and picked up the empty wine bottle and smashed it to the floor . |
| 24 | I went round the other side of the horse and picked up the off fore . |
| 25 | ‘ Do n't tempt me , ’ she said with a wry laugh , and picked up the next file . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | However , Ell moved quickly over and picked up the raw meat . |
| 28 | He looked at her — evasive , placating — and picked up the local paper . |
| 29 | Tom Kean strode across the clearing and picked up the discarded paper . |
| 30 | Jill darted forward and picked up the crushed envelope . |