Example sentences of "then picked [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes it just rushed round things ; other times it flattened all in its path then picked up the debris and flung it away . |
| 2 | Rain packed half her things and then picked up the telephone . |
| 3 | She stopped talking when the waiter arrived with the food , then picked up the conversation again after he had left . |
| 4 | The Coptic woman hesitated , then picked up the reticule and hurried after Mena . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'll be in touch so that we can arrange for C.W. to meet your men before Mobuto arrives tonight , ’ Kolchinsky said then picked up the transmitter on the desk and activated the door . |
| 6 | He then picked up the hat . |
| 7 | Having left Scratchwood a few moments after the other vehicle , the mustard-coloured van , its roof rack carrying a decorator 's ladder , also turned off at Junction 4 , but then picked up the Uxbridge road before turning south towards Harrow-on-the-Hill and the home of Beth and Ali Christie . |
| 8 | He glowered at the instrument , plugged it in , then picked up the receiver . |
| 9 | He then picked up the magazine , spied his collar on the floor and returned to the teacher . |
| 10 | They breakfasted , then picked up the autobahn at Leipzig and followed it all the way to Dresden . |