Example sentences of "[noun prp] picked up [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Gloucester had missed four penalties … but made up for things with an opening try … as full-back Martin Roberts picked up a tap penalty and bulldozed his way through to score …
2 And Mister Johnny picked up a pitchfork
3 Jean picked up the bag and took it home .
4 Neil picked up the book .
5 David picked up the arm and through the rack looking for new ones to put on while Sandra busied herself putting on the sleeves of the ones they had played .
6 NICK FALDO picked up the Ritz Club Golfer of the Year award and the Vardon Trophy , given to the European Tour 's leading money-winner , at the Tour 's annual dinner in London last night .
7 Corbett picked up the torch and threw it down .
8 Georgina picked up a letter from her desk , screwed it up and threw it at the waste-paper basket .
9 Edward picked up the menu .
10 Edward picked up the bill and examined it .
11 Edward picked up the saw .
12 Cadfael picked up the psaltery with due respect , and laid it safely aside on the little prayer-desk .
13 Rodomonte picked up a football sized rock that lay close to the entrance , and passed through .
14 And Bobby picked up the phone when the phone rang and it was her and she sai erm Bob said yes ?
15 A barrage of punches which started with a swinging left hook left Clarkson on one knee and once the action restarted and Hardy picked up the assault , it was clear the fight would come to a quick conclusion .
16 Travis picked up the map he must have been consulting while she slept .
17 At the edge of her hearing , Bernice picked up the sound of a roaring furnace engine , overlaid with the high pitched whine of cooling heat shields .
18 Woolley picked up the tempo .
19 Offiah picked up a shoulder injury in his first match for his Australian club and is due to undergo surgery in Manchester next week .
20 Fleet diesel sales grew by 15.6 per cent last year , and Brookman naturally wants it known that Peugeot picked up the lion 's share .
21 Maggie picked up the poker and jabbed the fire with it , rearranging the coals so that even more heat was thrown out .
22 Some while later Colonel James Churchward picked up the idea of Mu .
23 But when Mr Wray punched him , Youngs picked up the hammer and struck him across the cheek .
24 Pete picked up the bucket as the door was unlocked .
25 Cornelius picked up the envelope and tore it open .
26 Judging the business to be done , Ramlal picked up the papers and went to the door .
27 As soon as the last student had filed out of her office , Loretta picked up the phone .
28 Seeing this , Dong picked up the shovel and made to dig again .
29 When Estella finally came , with her candle , along the dark passage , Miss Havisham picked up a jewel from her table and put it in Estella 's hair .
30 T'zin picked up the cup , then gestured with it .
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