Example sentences of "[pers pn] pick up the [noun] from " in BNC.

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1 In the front seat by Des I fiddle with my receiver till I pick up the signal from the mike in his pocket .
2 For answer , I picked up the newspaper from where I 'd thrown it on the desk .
3 As I picked up the knife from the rubble by the table I was waking .
4 She picked up the shoes from the hearth and put them under the table .
5 Rodi 's second husband Gordon , 64 , died two months before she picked up the cheque from Bergerac star John Nettles .
6 I noticed the leather of my shoes darken as it picked up the moisture from the grass .
7 He picked up the poker from the fireplace and jumped up .
8 He picked up the textbook from the grass .
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