Example sentences of "[noun prp] picked up a [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 | Georgina picked up a letter from her desk , screwed it up and threw it at the waste-paper basket . |
| 4 | Rodomonte picked up a football sized rock that lay close to the entrance , and passed through . |
| 5 | Offiah picked up a shoulder injury in his first match for his Australian club and is due to undergo surgery in Manchester next week . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Léonie picked up a fistful of knives and trailed after Victorine . |
| 8 | Alan Mullally , Gordon Parsons with a superb spell of 8–4–13–1 and Vince Wells picked up a wicket apiece before the break . |
| 9 | Alan Mullally , Gordon Parsons with a superb spell of 8–4–13–1 and Vince Wells picked up a wicket apiece before the break . |
| 10 | NICK FARR-JONES picked up a ball for the first time in three months and reminded everyone that he is the world 's best scrum-half . |
| 11 | Kaidu picked up a hoofpick from the smith 's bench , and he wrestled the off-hind hoof of the second sorrel up into his lap . |
| 12 | Though the Greater Manchester pension fund investment had been blocked by Stockport council , the Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive was still game , and Everett picked up a cheque for £175,000 from a suspicious representative who demanded proof that he was really the man from Guinness Mahon . |
| 13 | On the cusp of the second zone , close to the mainline station — the place where he always went — Ellwood picked up a girl and took her home . |
| 14 | Matthew picked up a plastic dish-basin and began to clear glassware from tables . |
| 15 | Lizzie picked up a set of strings with handles attached and began to manipulate the beautifully dressed , twelve-inch figure of Cinderella , saying as she did so , ‘ Walk ! |
| 16 | She sank back into her extremely comfortable seat and , as Ace picked up a magazine to read , undid her attaché case and took out , it had to be admitted with some deliberate ostentation , notes on high-tech fuel consumption . |
| 17 | Robert picked up a wineglass from the low table that stood between them and scratched with a fingernail at the dry stain on the bottom of the glass . |
| 18 | And on the hour Gill picked up a Hitchcock through ball , controlled it on his chest and fired in a memorable goal . |
| 19 | However , two minutes later Aberdeen went ahead when Brian Grant picked up a Gillhaus pass and drove the ball home from 16 yards . |
| 20 | Kalchu picked up a handful of maize kernels , inspected them for a minute , and let them trickle back through his fingers . |
| 21 | Willie picked up a potato in his hands , gasped and dropped it onto his plate . |
| 22 | Emmie picked up a jar and sniffed suspiciously . |
| 23 | Mr Hughes said Sweeney picked up a knife from a table and stabbed the restaurant 's owner with it in the back of the hand . |
| 24 | Lee picked up a stick from by the broken wire fence and poked the feathers of one of the dead hens , then the bloody bit by the neck . |
| 25 | Rose picked up a tube of sun-cream and held it out to Daphne . |
| 26 | Hamilton picked up a pencil , and deliberately snapped it in two . |
| 27 | Lloyd picked up a beer can , lifted Beeby 's legs up with one hand , sat down on the sofa and let her legs fall across his lap . |
| 28 | In Germany , Butman notes , the Vectra picked up a magazine award as Auto der Vernuft — sensible or rational car of the year . |
| 29 | Carradine picked up a sword a Sir Lancelot had dropped , and we ran up the steps towards Macready 's lair . |
| 30 | Moore picked up a book and pretended to throw it . |