Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] up a piece " in BNC.
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| 1 | They left , and while the adults were talking and stuffing themselves , I picked up a piece of pig 's pudding for Frankie who was still huddled by the fire . |
| 2 | This done , she whipped up a piece of tape , which she tied some inches from the bottom ; then , while still holding on to the hair with one hand , her other hand shot out and pulled open a drawer from which she grabbed a pair of large scissors . |
| 3 | She picked up a piece of paper and began drawing little cameo pictures of the bowl of fruit on the sideboard , of the flowers in the garden , bending under the wind . |
| 4 | She picked up a piece of pottery and turned it over . |
| 5 | Nurse Motley said that except for a moment when she picked up a piece of paper and threw it in the bin , she had been standing by Kayley 's head the whole time . |
| 6 | He pulled up a piece of grass and began to chew it thoughtfully . |
| 7 | He picked up a piece of paper with some writing on it , could not decipher the writing , and dropped it . |
| 8 | On his way up the paved path between walls of rose bushes he picked up a piece of old iron pipe with his gloved hand . |
| 9 | He picked up a piece of the flesh , sniffed it and tossed it down . |