Example sentences of "[noun prp] picked up [art] [noun] in " in BNC.

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1 Mr. Crowther picked up the papers in front of him and set them down again very neatly .
2 Rima picked up the cassowary in his strong arms and clasped the hard thigh muscles with both hands while Joseph sawed through the creepers .
3 Mark Gill picked up the ball in the middle of the Park and , with the Portadown defence spreadeagled and offering no challenge , he calmly lobbed it over their heads and also that of Magee who had come off his line .
4 Willie picked up a potato in his hands , gasped and dropped it onto his plate .
5 Vitor picked up the tightness in her voice .
6 The Crown claims that Gallen picked up the bombers in Donegal , drove them to the yard and returned an hour later to pick them up .
7 Ianthe picked up a bottle in each hand , then had to put one of them down to ring the front door bell .
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