Example sentences of "[noun sg] picked [adv prt] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was no sign of any devastation or a struggle , except where the pool of light picked out the broken , gutted cat . |
| 2 | The first watcher picked up the red phone nearby and punched out three digits . |
| 3 | Then the Judge picked up the stiff body of the student in his arms . |
| 4 | The rod-bending bites are merely the start of a run , and it is this first powerful run , which began as soon as the barbel picked up the baited hook and gained momentum within seconds , that is the crucial time for losing fish . |
| 5 | The Captain picked up the external phone . |
| 6 | Picked up the pace picked up the square ball here and attacked he went went like a bomb . |
| 7 | The man picked up the fallen envelope , took the lift to the eighth floor , let himself into his apartment and slit open the envelope . |
| 8 | There was not much point in working harder or taking risks if the taxman picked up the main benefit of one 's success . |
| 9 | Yet he and his companions were creeping towards the stockade 's turret , where one of the guns exploded , when they were spotted ; one shot picked out the young man next to Dulé . |
| 10 | Her dark-brown skin picked up the deadening light inside the train and reflected it strangely so that her face looked almost silver . |