Example sentences of "[adv prt] [conj] pick [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mihal beat away the burning logs with his club while Martin rushed in and picked up the old man . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , well , ’ she said , bending down and picking up the little frog , ‘ what have we here then ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ What have we here ? ’ their father asked , leaning down and picking up the paper bag . |
| 4 | I reached down and picked up the empty wine bottle and smashed it to the floor . |
| 5 | He sat down and picked up the sheaf of papers neatly set out on the top of his desk . |
| 6 | She turned the music down and picked up the receiver . |
| 7 | One of the apes that lived among the rooftops of the city scampered down and picked up the peel , then raced back up to his vantage point beside the eaves . |
| 8 | He went down and picked up the dangling receiver . |
| 9 | She got up , made herself another coffee , sat down and picked up the note again . |
| 10 | Lowell bent down and picked up the fragment of urn , wiping it with the palm of his hand . |
| 11 | She was looking resolutely away , so that Tug could feel what an effort it took her not to bend down and pick up the pieces . |
| 12 | And then er Tom retired and he used to run the bus long after we start the mails and then he retired and er the bus service to come down along and pick up the passengers and that was how it start . |
| 13 | Should you not suspend the sitting until there is someone on the Tory Benches who is capable of walking over and picking up the notes to the Minister ? |
| 14 | Suppose that I am sitting by a bowl of fruit ; my hand hovers over a pear , then a peach catches my eye ; their distinctive favours revive in memory and pull against each other , then my hand moves over and picks out the peach . |
| 15 | Sam came over and picked up the bat . |
| 16 | However , Ell moved quickly over and picked up the raw meat . |
| 17 | He walked over and picked up the pewter goblet , sniffing at it carefully . |
| 18 | She got up and picked up the frame and brought it over to Meredith . |
| 19 | There was a pause while Nicole paid the bill , putting it on her husband 's gold credit card , then she straightened up and picked up the bag . |
| 20 | He stood up and picked up the candle and went wandering off into the shadows with it . |
| 21 | However , the telephone was certainly ringing , and he got up and picked up the receiver . |
| 22 | I climb out and pick up the wood arrow , |
| 23 | Sleepily a hand reaches out and picks up the receiver . |
| 24 | McGowan reached out and picked up the mask . |
| 25 | You could then lean back and pick up the front foot , thrusting it straight into the opponent 's solar plexus . |
| 26 | Then you 'd hear him shouting , Let go and the two men let go of the two ropes on the grating and the engine man was shot out and went back and picked up the anchor and reset it and sometimes reset two or three times during the relief . |