Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] picked [adv prt] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mike Pumfrey , now back in the study with Sergeant Fenniway , put his finger to his lips and picked up the extension phone . |
| 2 | Slowly he got to his feet and picked up the newspaper . |
| 3 | Party manners — Hewlett-Packard Co hosted all the COSE meetings and picked up the pizza tab ; Sun Microsystems Inc then threw a celebratory dinner for the COSE teams on April 16 , the night before the announcement : now it 's IBM Corp 's turn , unless Lou Gerstner decides to sit it out , pleading poverty . |
| 4 | Hewlett-Packard Co hosted all the COSE meetings and picked up the pizza tab . |
| 5 | She put down her two shopping bags and picked up the shoe-polish . |