Example sentences of "as [art] [noun] pick [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the couple approached him , George could not hear what remarks were passed but saw the dull flush of anger suffuse the shepherd 's face , as the farmer picked up his wrist and spanned it , passing his hands up the man 's arms to judge his muscles . |
| 2 | Even sounds at night dominated us , as the firelight picked out bright eyes , blinking through the darkness . |
| 3 | LONDON & SOUTH-EAST : There were few glimmers of encouragement for Mr Kinnock as the party picked up a dozen seats in the capital and a handful outside , writes David Millward . |
| 4 | As the boat picks up speed , so you can settle gently into the boat to gain control . |
| 5 | The rod-bending bites are merely the start of a run , and it is this first powerful run , which began as soon as the barbel picked up the baited hook and gained momentum within seconds , that is the crucial time for losing fish . |
| 6 | Then slowly his face clears as the pendulums pick up speed . |
| 7 | Passengers were ordered off as the double-decker picked up casualties from the Welcome Inn at Eltham , London . |
| 8 | PROPERTY group Brixton Estates today called on shareholders for £100.7m to help buy and develop land as the market picks up . |
| 9 | The £100.7m rights issue it intends to use to buy and develop land as the market picks up left the shares a penny stronger at 197p . |
| 10 | A spokesman for an industry lobby group , the Atomic Industrial Forum , assured New Scientist that , as the economy picks up and demand for electricity grows , states will reconsider their gloomy assessment of the atom . |
| 11 | Others will need small sails in the afternoon , and may sometimes have to retire ashore as the wind picks up . |
| 12 | Classic examples of awkward questions are the salesman 's special dread , as the interviewer picks up the telephone directory and says , ‘ Sell me this ’ , and the totally unpredictable , ‘ What star sign are you ? ’ |
| 13 | This is when the bream are feeding very confidently , usually on maggots which they are picking up directly from the bottom , much as a chicken picks up corn one grain after another without having to move too far to do it . |