Example sentences of "[vb past] to pick [adv prt] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She walked over to the pond and bent to pick up a small pebble , skimming it across the glittering water , watching the way it bounced , then sank , leaving behind it only ripples . |
| 2 | She looked round the hall , then bent to pick up the broken remains of a photo frame . |
| 3 | She pretended to pick up a dropped paper napkin . |
| 4 | While he was speaking , Emily tried to pick up the incriminating letter and slip it into her bag , but Marcus stopped her . |
| 5 | Dot in the conservatory watched as Loopy Lil slowly tried to pick up the unsteady tray of china . |
| 6 | After she had gone he switched off the gramophone , drained his drink in a single gulp , then stooped to pick up the offending telegraph message . |
| 7 | In the grey morning light , Clare , still in her nightgown , stooped to pick up the little bottle of sleeping pills from the floor . |
| 8 | He stooped to pick up the wrong key , which had been jerked out of the lock and out of her hand when she started away . |
| 9 | Pepita began to pick up the fallen bananas and place them back in their crate . |
| 10 | Immediately , her expression and pace of approach changed and instead of the lambasting , or worse , she had seemed about to deliver , she gave the child a tolerant smile and began to pick up the scattered cans . |
| 11 | Bruce Springsteen managed to pick up a new house for £2 million less than the asking price . |