Example sentences of "[noun sg] picked up the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first watcher picked up the red phone nearby and punched out three digits . |
| 2 | Then the Judge picked up the stiff body of the student in his arms . |
| 3 | Granny picked up the last of the things they had cleared out of the cupboards and looked at it . |
| 4 | At last week 's advertising awards , the Esso tiger picked up the Best Animal trophy when to me it was obvious that the Andrex puppy was the better creature . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The Captain picked up the external phone . |
| 7 | Picked up the pace picked up the square ball here and attacked he went went like a bomb . |
| 8 | The man picked up the fallen envelope , took the lift to the eighth floor , let himself into his apartment and slit open the envelope . |
| 9 | There was not much point in working harder or taking risks if the taxman picked up the main benefit of one 's success . |
| 10 | Indeed , in November , 1915 , American radio engineers on the tower picked up the first broadcast voices beamed across the Atlantic from Arlington , Virginia . |
| 11 | Her dark-brown skin picked up the deadening light inside the train and reflected it strangely so that her face looked almost silver . |
| 12 | The WI were magnificent and provided thousands of lunches ; the Red Cross picked up the few casualties and stragglers ; and children along the route played welcome hosepipes on the passing riders . |