Example sentences of "and picked up [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The story goes that , one day , the goddess was dusting and picked up a ball of lint dropped by a blue humming-bird , placing it inside her apron . |
| 2 | Tammuz sat down in a chair opposite her and picked up a pen to fiddle with . |
| 3 | She went upstairs and picked up a hairbrush — Alice 's brush that she had left behind on the chest of drawers . |
| 4 | A visitor paused , and picked up a selection bouquet . |
| 5 | I went back to the cabin , put my shoes on again , and picked up a bottle of wine . |
| 6 | The Doctor returned to the main chamber , and picked up a bottle which he had been examining when Dubois called . |
| 7 | We all donned gloves and picked up a couple of Harris 's hawks . |
| 8 | Josie laid down her comb , and picked up a couple of big plastic clips from a box on the makeup table . |
| 9 | She finished her drink and picked up a ticket wallet from the table . |
| 10 | On impulse Sally-Anne went to the kitchen and picked up a jam jar which she had earlier filled with sweet peas brought by a grateful patient who owned a little garden . |
| 11 | ‘ Sharp followed him in and picked up a 12-inch knife and threatened to kill him and other staff . |
| 12 | He moved quickly back into the bridge and picked up a phone . |
| 13 | Manolo took a couple of hits of coffee , and picked up a wrist-exerciser that probably doubled as some kind of sex aid . |
| 14 | Nicholas dropped to sit on a block , and picked up a stone , and took out the knife he had been given back . |
| 15 | Adam reached to a shelf behind Miranda 's desk and picked up a case of cosmetic samples . |
| 16 | He reached into the back seat and picked up a briefcase , one of the old upright ones schoolmasters used to favour . |
| 17 | He closed the lid of the box with a loud crash , and picked up a bread knife from the table . |
| 18 | She leant forward now and picked up a log of wood and threw it into the centre of the glowing ashes . |
| 19 | Now he reached out and picked up a pheasant wing which he proceeded to eat . |
| 20 | Laura stooped and picked up a gym shoe half buried in the mud . |
| 21 | Aunt Emily smiled at her in a puzzled manner and picked up a letter which lay on the quilt . |
| 22 | Together they looked at huge bound tomes which contained drawings by the Wardley ancestors on the Grand Tour — ‘ Great Uncle Charles , died of pneumonia in Genoa , ’ she snorted as she closed his sketchbook and picked up a folio of the architecture of Rome , Naples and the Campagna . |
| 23 | He bent down and picked up a carrier that he 'd lain on the floor . |
| 24 | He said down in an armchair and picked up a magazine . |
| 25 | Harry went across and picked up a Coke . |
| 26 | Elaine sighed , and picked up a handful of sand , letting it pour slowly through her fingers . |
| 27 | ‘ He pulled a muscle just before last year 's Lincoln , and picked up a virus later on . |
| 28 | He went over to the desk and picked up a photograph . |
| 29 | She put aside her darning basket , and picked up a book whose dark blue cover was patterned with gold leaves . |
| 30 | Afraid she might doze off if she gave in to temptation and lay down on the bed , she sat down instead on the room 's only chair , and picked up a book , absorbing not a single word as she waited for the sounds that would mean he was turning in for the night . |