Example sentences of "[noun prp] picked up the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cadfael picked up the psaltery with due respect , and laid it safely aside on the little prayer-desk . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Some while later Colonel James Churchward picked up the idea of Mu . |
| 4 | Mr. Crowther picked up the papers in front of him and set them down again very neatly . |
| 5 | In 1981 , when he was known to be seriously ill , Henry Fonda was voted Best Actor for On Golden Pond : his daughter and ( co-star ) Jane picked up the Oscar for him , and he died just five months later . |
| 6 | Rima picked up the cassowary in his strong arms and clasped the hard thigh muscles with both hands while Joseph sawed through the creepers . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Geoffrey picked up the piece of parchment . |
| 9 | Philip picked up the roll of wire and nipped off a length with the cutters . |
| 10 | Philip picked up the roll of wire from beside the hide and clipped off a good length of wire . |
| 11 | Philip picked up the armful of sticks he 'd gathered and walked across to his hide . |
| 12 | Vitor picked up the tightness in her voice . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Anna picked up the saucepan into which she had been putting potatoes and transferred it to the stove . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Juliette picked up the tray of crockery and carried it to the dishwasher . |
| 17 | Emily picked up the knife from the desk and inserted it between the top of the drawer and the desk and after a struggle , the drawer burst open . |
| 18 | Peter picked up the photograph of John Redburn . |
| 19 | Bobbie picked up the box with Peter 's toy engine inside it . |
| 20 | Iris picked up the tray of coffee mugs and headed for the kitchen , then stopped short . |
| 21 | Athelstan picked up the piece of parchment and the candle , scrutinising what he had written . |
| 22 | Since it seemed churlish to argue , Mungo picked up the basket by the string . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | ’ Lowell picked up the pencil without being aware of it . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | ‘ Grundy picked up the series after Channel 7 dropped it in 1985 . |
| 27 | Middlesbrough picked up the tempo after the goal and threw everything into attack . |
| 28 | Robyn picked up the piece of paper and tried hard not to believe he had made an effort . |