Example sentences of "picking [adv prt] some [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's gone into Boots , he 's admitted to doing the offence erm picking up some perfume from the counter in Boots , put it in the basket then placed it into his bag |
| 2 | An alternative explanation is that the absence of dynamic homogeneity arises from using nominal asset stock measures ( in spite of the rationale for estimating in nominal terms outlined above ) with the dynamic nominal wealth terms picking up some inflation effect . |
| 3 | Cocooned in an ivory tower of antique furniture and unfinished jigsaw puzzles , she spends an inordinate amount of time doing simple things like pouring hot water into a teapot ; then she gets on the telephone to her friends and either hangs up just as they reach the receiver or asks them if they would n't mind coming round to tea and picking up some skate from the fishmonger on the way . |
| 4 | When I first knew them in those early London days , I 'd often find the Second Son picking out some phrase on the piano in our living room . |
| 5 | When Tuesday and Debbie were arguing with their Moms whether they should wear a strapless dress to the dance , she had been carving up gang-girls in warehouse arenas , then picking out some cock-for-the-night from the stud line . |