Example sentences of "[noun prp] picked up [art] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the edge of her hearing , Bernice picked up the sound of a roaring furnace engine , overlaid with the high pitched whine of cooling heat shields . |
| 2 | Some while later Colonel James Churchward picked up the idea of Mu . |
| 3 | Léonie picked up a fistful of knives and trailed after Victorine . |
| 4 | Lizzie picked up a set of strings with handles attached and began to manipulate the beautifully dressed , twelve-inch figure of Cinderella , saying as she did so , ‘ Walk ! |
| 5 | Geoffrey picked up the piece of parchment . |
| 6 | Philip picked up the roll of wire and nipped off a length with the cutters . |
| 7 | Philip picked up the roll of wire from beside the hide and clipped off a good length of wire . |
| 8 | Philip picked up the armful of sticks he 'd gathered and walked across to his hide . |
| 9 | Kalchu picked up a handful of maize kernels , inspected them for a minute , and let them trickle back through his fingers . |
| 10 | Abruptly Aggie picked up the handles of the flat-cart , then almost growling ‘ Come on ! ’ she pushed it along the road , the child trotting beside her now . |
| 11 | Rose picked up a tube of sun-cream and held it out to Daphne . |
| 12 | Some of the discipline went out of the play , but as others tired Jess picked up the pace of the game and finished looking as likely as match-winner as anyone . |
| 13 | Juliette picked up the tray of crockery and carried it to the dishwasher . |
| 14 | Emily picked up a bunch of seed packets , bound with an elastic band . |
| 15 | Peter picked up the photograph of John Redburn . |
| 16 | Iris picked up the tray of coffee mugs and headed for the kitchen , then stopped short . |
| 17 | Jos picked up a length of cane . |
| 18 | Athelstan picked up the piece of parchment and the candle , scrutinising what he had written . |
| 19 | By the time Coleman picked up the threads of the plot in February 1987 , there was still no clear plan of attack , although it was generally agreed among Hurley and his colleagues that luring Younis into a drug deal was probably the key , and that a lot of political hassle would be avoided if he could be taken , say , in international waters . |
| 20 | Cowley picked up a photograph of a sombre looking man of about forty , his face registering all the discomfort he was probably feeling in wedding suit and stiff shirt . |
| 21 | Joan picked up a lot of little incidentals that we did n't pick up . |
| 22 | Sigarup picked up a piece of unlit jharo and held it in the fire until it was blazing and drips of flaming resin fell from it , spluttering to the ground . |
| 23 | ‘ Alex picked up a pair of her earrings and asked : Will Mummy mind if I wear them … |
| 24 | ‘ Alex picked up a pair of earrings Monica had given Rachel for her 21st birthday the other day and said : ‘ Will mummy mind if I wear them ? ’ |
| 25 | Alexandra picked up a disc of carrot and bit into it . |
| 26 | Madeleine picked up a pair of pinking shears and began to slice through the material . |
| 27 | Sister Cooney picked up a pile of books and began to replace them on the shelves . |
| 28 | Robyn picked up the piece of paper and tried hard not to believe he had made an effort . |