Example sentences of "[noun sg] picked [adv prt] the [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a bright day and the early August sun picked out the myriad windows across the front , which winked at him as Benedict took his curricle down the drive . |
| 2 | Kathleen had never been one for jewellery and the amethyst picked up the heather mauve of Isabel 's new dress and even , she thought , gave something of a fresh nuance to her mist-blue eyes . |
| 3 | The child sat down , more from surprise than the force of the blow ; the woman picked up the shopping bags and walked on ; she knew that she was in danger of missing the train now . |
| 4 | The orange river picked up the rejection letter and open cigarette packet in its path and floated them over onto X 's lap . |
| 5 | Even this far from the house , the air was permeated with the acrid stink of burning , but soon their sensitive canine smell-sense picked up the telltale odour of a man-thing . |
| 6 | The other man picked up the dressing gown lying on the end of the bed and threw it at Connelly . |
| 7 | The Doctor picked up the Cell case . |
| 8 | In 1955 the company picked up the film rights to a popular sci-fi TV series . |