Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [coord] pick [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The man posed as a mini-cab driver and picked up the woman outside a pub in Brockley , south-east London . |
| 2 | Mountain streams are usually the longest , originating from springs on high ground and picking up ground water and tributaries as they descend . |
| 3 | She would leave by the back door and pick up a taxi several blocks away . |
| 4 | She handed Emmie the empty cup and picked up Mo tenderly . |
| 5 | CHOOSE YOUR TOP VIDEOS AND PICK UP A CLUTCH OF GOODIES |
| 6 | Almost all of these are now covered in a spurious black patina ( plate 8.3 ) ; indeed one can go through the sculpture galleries of the Greek and Roman Department and pick out the Payne Knight pieces from a distance , before checking against the registration number which invariably begins with 1824 . |
| 7 | She walked past him into the tiny hallway and picked up her bags , noticing with relief that he was n't around when she fled up the narrow wooden stairs to one of the three bedrooms , the one furthest away from his . |
| 8 | Antonio laced more ketchup onto the remaining burger and picked up a French fry . |
| 9 | ‘ If you stand in a real landscape and pick out with your eyes a path ahead , then walk the path and find it was a good route to have chosen , why , that is nothing mystical . |
| 10 | Look at the surrounding skyline and pick out things that catch the eye — the flashy Porsche in the car-park , the dark cloud looming or the ugly building that sticks out like a sore thumb . |
| 11 | To pick them up , moisten the paintbrush slightly , draw out the bristles to make a fine point and pick up the aphids with the tip of the brush . |
| 12 | They took a left turn and picked up speed . |
| 13 | She sat on the opposite couchette and picked up the paperback he had been reading . |
| 14 | He found plenty of thickish sticks and picked up far more than he needed . |
| 15 | He switches on the interior light and picks up a bundle from the passenger seat . |
| 16 | I 'm a comparative newcomer to this computer age that many people of my generation would rather try to ignore … but you really ca n't … and as an owner of a computer and an 8 year old , I found it a good read and picked up lots of new tips on home entertainment/education as well . |
| 17 | It was his desire to play the Senior Tour and his love of golf which has given the Notts professional the inspiration to overcome his terrible injuries and pick up where he left off a little more than a year ago . |
| 18 | Jack was busy , dealing with a nasty fracture , so she went to the nursing station and picked up the phone . |
| 19 | Aunt Emily smiled at her in a puzzled manner and picked up a letter which lay on the quilt . |
| 20 | But then a man in a suit heads for the cool cabinet and picks out two bottles of champagne . |
| 21 | Moving like a boy in treacle , I rotate on the axis of my right knee and pick up the yard and a half of large bore nozzle between hands slick with sweat . |
| 22 | She did not elaborate on this tantalising hint but picked up the tray . |
| 23 | British flights to the Caribbean and South America , and across the Pacific , could now use American airports and pick up traffic there . |
| 24 | They needed two wickets in the final over but picked up only one as Hightown held out at 110–9 . |
| 25 | Craig reached into his pocket and caressed his lucky deck of cards , then felt around with his other hand and picked up a flat toolcase made of heavy-duty plastic . |
| 26 | So-called ‘ gun ’ microphones are well-known tools for bugging distant conversations or picking up sound from a point source in a crowded room or studio . |
| 27 | The sea breeze blows in Enfant-Béate and turns the tropical heat to balm of an evening , it stirs the jade-like waxy foliage above the elephantine trunk and picks up these entreaties made by islanders who come here with their offerings : the tack or nail , made of tin or brass or iron or copper , supplied by the goods store at sharp expense , one of the manufactures that are sent from the mother country in return for sugar . |