Example sentences of "pick [adv prt] one [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | Henry Condell picked up one of the papers from the table . |
| 32 | He put the chart down and picked up one of the books . |
| 33 | Bob picked up one of the knives laid out for dinner and scored along the grain of the table with it . |
| 34 | She picked up one of the coins to look more closely and , in doing so , sent a ten pence piece spinning and rolling against the floorboards . |
| 35 | One day he picked up one of the elongated putters used to such devastating effect on the fabulously rich US Seniors ' Tour by such as Orville Moody , a notoriously fragile performer on the greens until he turned 50 . |
| 36 | So we picked up one of the little floaters provided at the port , and went exploring . |
| 37 | With a swift movement he picked up one of the Lal Khals and kissed it on its head . |
| 38 | She picked up one of the crumpled scraps of paper and began staring fixedly at the pictures on it . |
| 39 | He picked up one of the bundles and walked away quickly . |
| 40 | Without changing his position , Jacob reached between himself and the woman and picked up one of the tankards , holding it out to Seb . |
| 41 | He picked up one of the envelopes and held it up to the light : the watermark showed the heraldic hybrid with which he was becoming familiar , with the wings of an eagle and the body of a lion . |
| 42 | She picked up one of the chairs . |
| 43 | He picked up one of the ashtrays and sat down in an armchair , crossing his legs and balancing it on his knee . |
| 44 | He picked up one of the newspapers and began reading . |
| 45 | Secure in the knowledge that she was no longer quite so helpless , Luce relaxed and picked up one of the magazines , which fluttered open . |
| 46 | Olympia picked out one of the gems when they released Salmanov 's Fourth Symphony ( 3/89 ) , and I have been listening with much pleasure to Mravinsky 's Melodiya LPs of the previous three symphonies by this intriguing composer . |
| 47 | He came and stood beside me and picked out one of the new abstracts I 'd done at home . |