Example sentences of "he pick [adv prt] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm waiting on him picking up the machine . |
| 2 | She could imagine him picking out the blooms , thinking of her , his large , flamboyant writing looping across the card … |
| 3 | ‘ And as she and Steve are together it 's not unlikely for him to pick up the phone if it rang . ’ |
| 4 | Although he was no relation to Charles , his surname had inspired him to pick up the pen . |
| 5 | I could hear him pick up the telephone and dial a number . |
| 6 | She saw him pick up the sweater her parents had bought her for her birthday , then carelessly throw it to one side . |
| 7 | She had her back to him when she heard him pick up the mug . |
| 8 | After a while he went out into the hall and I heard him pick up the thing that makes noises and which he talks into when there 's no-one here . |
| 9 | He picks up a novel I 'm reading . |
| 10 | I 'm sure he must be joking , but he picks up a pair of liquorice-coloured Everlasts and walks to the ring apron . |
| 11 | He picks up a guitar to demonstrate and I notice that his picking action seems to be coming from his elbow , with a fairly stiff forearm … |
| 12 | And he 'd got lots of famous mates that want to play on his records , and he picks up a Grammy and releases records on scrupulous labels , instead of the 30 or more indie horsefixers he 's had the misfortune to deal with over the years . |
| 13 | ( He picks up the coin . ) |
| 14 | ‘ Make yourself some coffee , ’ the Rasta says , and he picks up the phone . |
| 15 | He picks up the Business Section of the Times and takes it into the kitchen . |
| 16 | He closes face when he picks up the bat . |
| 17 | He holds it in his mouth , he picks out a match and he strikes it on the box . |
| 18 | He picks out a number of similarly titled systems : Seeing Essential English ( SEE I ) , Signing Exact English ( SEE II ) , Signed English ( SE ) . |
| 19 | Can he pick up a tin of beans without feeling that it hates him ? |
| 20 | Does he pick up the idea quickly or , if he does not , does he stay calm and keep trying until he does ? |
| 21 | He picked up a mirror and looked at his own face , and then looked again at the face in the portrait . |
| 22 | He picked up a mirror and stared at his face . |
| 23 | He picked up a kitten by its tail and swung it to and fro in the air , laughing at its cries . |
| 24 | Hankin planned to select Ellison until he picked up a hamstring injury . |
| 25 | He picked up a can , ripped the ring-pull and held it out to her . |
| 26 | Instead , he picked up a stone and threw it into the bushes , then made a noise that sounded suspiciously like ‘ shoo , shoo ’ . |
| 27 | He picked up a stone and flung it into the horse pond . |
| 28 | Slowly and carefully he picked up a stone and threw it at the window . |
| 29 | He picked up a pint mug and leaned towards the cider barrel . |
| 30 | He picked up a doll from the bed and stood there idly stroking her hair . |