Example sentences of "picked up the box " in BNC.
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| 1 | He stood , kissed Fiona , picked up the box containing his silver bowl and waited for obedience from his sons , his daughter-in-law and his prospective biographer . |
| 2 | I picked up the box and shook it as the crumbs fell out on the pavement . |
| 3 | She picked up the box with the frog-magician in it and wedged it into her cape pocket . |
| 4 | Masklin picked up the box . |
| 5 | One of the humans reached down gingerly and picked up the box , lifting it up in the air as though Masklin was something very rare and delicate . |
| 6 | Bobbie picked up the box with Peter 's toy engine inside it . |
| 7 | Quigley leaned down , picked up the box and , from it , pulled out something that looked like a waffle iron . |