Example sentences of "[adv prt] and picked [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Sharp followed him in and picked up a 12-inch knife and threatened to kill him and other staff .
2 Mihal beat away the burning logs with his club while Martin rushed in and picked up the old man .
3 He bent down and picked up a carrier that he 'd lain on the floor .
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 bent down and picked out a fragment of Quimper from the dustpan .
12 Sam came over and picked up the bat .
13 However , Ell moved quickly over and picked up the raw meat .
14 He walked over and picked up the pewter goblet , sniffing at it carefully .
15 Lee got up and picked up a piece of cross-stitch tapestry from the top of an old record-player and sat down in the rocking-chair , her back to the two young people .
16 She got up and picked up the frame and brought it over to Meredith .
17 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 .
18 He stood up and picked up the candle and went wandering off into the shadows with it .
19 However , the telephone was certainly ringing , and he got up and picked up the receiver .
20 Now he reached out and picked up a pheasant wing which he proceeded to eat .
21 McGowan reached out and picked up the mask .
22 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 .
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