Example sentences of "[pers pn] picked up the [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then I picked up the lights of Burnham to starboard , and knew roughly where I was . |
| 2 | At half-past twelve on the next day , 24 December , I picked up the shafts of the wheelbarrow and pushed off towards Kano on those first , torturous , thirteen miles . |
| 3 | When I got home I picked up the threads of my ordinary life again very quickly — you might say I snatched them up , and plunged into a round of work and social life deliberately intended to give me as few idle moments as possible . |
| 4 | She picked up the shoes from the hearth and put them under the table . |
| 5 | She picked up the shoes in armfuls and stacked them away with obsessional care , keeping the toes carefully in line . |
| 6 | She picked up the bags at her feet and plodded to the white wooden door , feeling in her bag for the key . |
| 7 | She picked up the slips of pasteboard and let them fall haphazardly on the table in front of them . |
| 8 | Her voice , clear and pure , soared up to the roof of the theatre , and when it picked up the words of the chorus of ‘ My old man said follow the van … ’ , no one in that vast hall joined in , they just listened . |
| 9 | He picked up the women in the street . |
| 10 | Anne could see , though , that he was trembling as he picked up the handles of the handcart and moved away . |
| 11 | The London driver said he picked up the brothers at Grosvenor House Hotel after the Players ' Union awards dinner last Sunday . |
| 12 | He picked up the reins in a temper and slapped them hard across the horse 's back . |