Example sentences of "[pers pn] pick [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ I pick up the pencil , put it back , climb into the trunk of the car and you drive me to see the boy . |
| 2 | go I pick up the accent . |
| 3 | I pick up the phone . |
| 4 | I pick up the phone again and dial the Home Office . |
| 5 | I pick up the bike and return it to the shed . |
| 6 | Instead , I pick up the clock on it and I see it is half-past six . |
| 7 | I pick up the gun and pocket it . |
| 8 | I pick up the receiver . |
| 9 | I really I really do wish it was that simple and I wish that when I pick up The Star on a Thursday or one of the other local papers that I did n't read in it the twenty cars that 's broken into and and all the other problems and I say to myself now why did that happen . |
| 10 | I know what a flea and a slug look like , I do n't want to be frightened to death every time I pick up the packet . |
| 11 | I pick up the paper and think about my father 's Social Security card sitting on my desk at home . |
| 12 | I pick up the cards and deal a circle for Clock Patience . |
| 13 | I pick up the scissors because I 'm alone in the shop and if he touches me again he 'll leave without something he came in with , when the bell goes on the door and this other boy in a city suit comes in , boring yuppie sort . |
| 14 | It moves another two inches and stops , then another two inches and stops , and continues like so until I pick up the rod and strike . |
| 15 | In the front seat by Des I fiddle with my receiver till I pick up the signal from the mike in his pocket . |
| 16 | I picks up the phone and dialled a special number for the fraud squad . |
| 17 | Why ca n't I pick up the phone and say , Come on , darling ? |
| 18 | ( Why Why did I pick up the telephone ) |
| 19 | I picked up the pen . |
| 20 | After stuffing these back in the bunk-hole , I picked up the Thesaurus which was still lying open beside the bunk and re-sucked it underneath a big leather Bible . |
| 21 | Cos I picked up the Chester to Wrexham one instead of the Snowdonia one . |
| 22 | He did n't move until I picked up the poker . |
| 23 | I picked up the lamp and went into the bathroom . |
| 24 | Then I picked up the lamp torch and held it above my head . |
| 25 | I picked up the bottle beside me and took another long swig . |
| 26 | ‘ But this is what really gets at me : when we started our run in , and I picked up the diaper , I found it was already stained . |
| 27 | For answer , I picked up the newspaper from where I 'd thrown it on the desk . |
| 28 | I picked up the keys before he could change his mind . |
| 29 | I picked up the stack of mail from the coffee-table and dealt myself one off the bottom : the envelope that contains my monthly bank statement , with its familiar brown matt and the wax seal like a blob of blood . |
| 30 | It then occurred to me that I might be able to help , and I picked up the telephone and spoke to Winston . |