Example sentences of "[noun pl] picked [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The woman was wandering at random , in loose zigzags it seemed , until Jay 's eyes picked out the curling shifting edge of the sea . |
| 2 | The senders of the first 500 correct entries picked out the hat on that date will become Tizer Club members and get their super Tizer Club kits . |
| 3 | She crossed the room and with a resolute shrug of her shoulders picked up the receiver . |
| 4 | Cigarette companies picked up the idea a hundred years later and included romances in each packet of cigarettes . |
| 5 | Their lights picked out the graffiti of long-dead people — prayers , curses , obscenities , threats — and what might have been messages in alien script or in the calligraphy of madness . |
| 6 | One of the officers picked up the packet from the coffee table and counted fifteen more joints . |
| 7 | The students picked up the lack of concern on the part of their teachers and became indifferent . |
| 8 | The incident began when two settlers picked up the Arab , 19 , in their jeep at the edge of Susiya settlement . |