Example sentences of "[noun sg] had pick up [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So the first man in the smithy in the morning had to pick up a hammer and strike the anvil three times — just to let the old man know we were on the job . |
| 2 | The man had picked up the ball , and peered down at Nick through dark-rimmed , bleary eyes . |
| 3 | The wee lass had picked up a cloth and was wiping Hector 's unshaven chin free of grease ; then his hands , and the handle of his knife . |
| 4 | His skin had picked up a glow from the lilies on the table . |
| 5 | One little rascal had picked up a cigarette-end , still burning ( called a dog-end , or dout ) and was puffing away like a steam engine . |
| 6 | ‘ The police called the shop 's manager Jonathan White at 3 o'clock on Wednesday morning to say that the audio alarm had picked up the sound of a bomb going off . |
| 7 | The three-year-old had picked up the patter from watching his dad Keith on the airwaves . |