Example sentences of "[noun sg] picked up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The officer picked up the beggar by his neck . |
| 32 | This time the chaplain picked up the receiver at once . |
| 33 | The driver picked up the wallet and flicked it open , his gaze going between its contents and the road . |
| 34 | When his coolie picked up the shafts and broke into his loping stride , Joseph found he could n't look at the narrow , sweat-streaked shoulders bobbing in front of him without seeing the bleeding welts caused by the French colon 's cane . |
| 35 | But the wind was behind me and each wave picked up the boat and surged her ahead , so that I tied up at the pier some fifteen hours after I had left , a little tired but satisfied that another small gap in our knowledge of birds had been filled . |
| 36 | Two years later , the War Office picked up the idea and soon the system was adopted by the army and navy . |
| 37 | ‘ Thallium , ’ you said , ‘ job for you ! ’ and thallium picked up the papers , simpered , and went out into the world to do your bidding . |