Example sentences of "pick at [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She sipped the wine , picked at the first course and let James Hamilton carry the conversation . |
| 2 | From each transformant , small pieces of mycelium were picked at the thallus periphery and grown on minimal medium with or without uridine . |
| 3 | She was picking at a loose cotton in the hem of her smock . |
| 4 | A rook , picking at a dead rabbit 's eyes , hesitated before he lumbered up and flew away . |
| 5 | It looks like it 's going to be difficult to shrug this one off , picking at the racist scab was never going to do anyone any good , quiffy boy . |
| 6 | Coming again to pick at the crucial knot |
| 7 | Mrs Orton took it upon herself , watching him pick at a little heap of sprouts and chestnut , to observe that he had very likely made himself ill with being faddy . |
| 8 | He picked at a home-made roll and popped a piece of it into his mouth . |
| 9 | Gleeson picked at a bloodied hangnail . |