Example sentences of "[noun sg] picked up [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Attempts to contact Australia 400 miles ( over 640km ) to the south were unsuccessful , but the 1 09-set picked up a Dutch broadcast which was translated for the Company by a passing Dutch soldier : it announced the surrender of all their forces in the East Indies . |
| 2 | The first watcher picked up the red phone nearby and punched out three digits . |
| 3 | Then the Judge picked up the stiff body of the student in his arms . |
| 4 | At last week 's advertising awards , the Esso tiger picked up the Best Animal trophy when to me it was obvious that the Andrex puppy was the better creature . |
| 5 | Unfortunately , although a good time was had by all , a number of the team picked up a strange flu bug . |
| 6 | The old woman picked up a spotted mirror and held it before his face . |
| 7 | Roton rotary man Brian Crighton ( left ) and rider Steve Spray picked up a 500 point at Eastern Creek but were nine seconds off the pace — triumph or debacle ? |
| 8 | At the top of the pillar , the 26-year-old guide picked up a new sack of food and popped across to the Freney face to solo a new direct version of the Central Pillar ( Chris Bonington 's finest hour ) . |
| 9 | The rod-bending bites are merely the start of a run , and it is this first powerful run , which began as soon as the barbel picked up the baited hook and gained momentum within seconds , that is the crucial time for losing fish . |
| 10 | The Captain picked up the external phone . |
| 11 | Picked up the pace picked up the square ball here and attacked he went went like a bomb . |
| 12 | The man picked up a small portmanteau that had been hidden in shadow by the rail , and with one last sweeping look across the quay , climbed on to the gangplank . |
| 13 | Then the old man picked up a long piece of wood . |
| 14 | The man picked up the fallen envelope , took the lift to the eighth floor , let himself into his apartment and slit open the envelope . |
| 15 | There was not much point in working harder or taking risks if the taxman picked up the main benefit of one 's success . |
| 16 | Indeed , in November , 1915 , American radio engineers on the tower picked up the first broadcast voices beamed across the Atlantic from Arlington , Virginia . |
| 17 | Her dark-brown skin picked up the deadening light inside the train and reflected it strangely so that her face looked almost silver . |
| 18 | At the appointed time Venturous ' was in position near Nieuport just outside the three mile territorial limit and in due course picked up a small craft leaving the Belgian port . |
| 19 | Peter emigrated to Australia some 20 years ago from Leicester and at this time picked up an old copy of Bradshaws and became interested in the Bishop 's Castle Railway . |
| 20 | The WI were magnificent and provided thousands of lunches ; the Red Cross picked up the few casualties and stragglers ; and children along the route played welcome hosepipes on the passing riders . |
| 21 | LONDON & SOUTH-EAST : There were few glimmers of encouragement for Mr Kinnock as the party picked up a dozen seats in the capital and a handful outside , writes David Millward . |
| 22 | Somehow , though , Leith 's sensitivity picked up a strained atmosphere as she pulled her glance back from the stocky man who had taken it into his head to start walking over . |