Example sentences of "he pick [adv prt] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Turry has to be the best-armed hero of all time and when he picks up a few power-ups you 'd think he was invincible . |
| 2 | Next he picks up a large flat stone and , holding it overhead , mutters a prayer and smashes the skull , twice . |
| 3 | ‘ As for the terms in which St Paul expressed it — well , there you are he used any sort of figure that came to hand : he picked up a rhetorical metaphor from a cynic preaching in the market … . |
| 4 | He picked up a small square object from his desk , with wires leading from it . |
| 5 | In his anger and frustration , he picked up a long , curved clothes brush and banged it down hard on the surface of the table . |
| 6 | He picked up a long knife . |
| 7 | Then he picked up a long poker from the fireplace and had it like a rifle when he played the tape again . |
| 8 | He picked up a second kitten , dangled one from each hand , swung them so that they hit each other . |
| 9 | He picked up a brimming wine goblet from the small table beside him . |
| 10 | He picked up a vicious-looking knife and incised the scalp from ear to ear , passing the blade behind the vertex of the head . |
| 11 | Absently , he picked up a blackened spacesuit glove that lay next to it . |
| 12 | He picked up a few tricks of the trade as he progressed . |
| 13 | He picked up a huge book h he picked up a large book with a huge green dinosaur on the front . |
| 14 | He picked up a huge book h he picked up a large book with a huge green dinosaur on the front . |
| 15 | He picked up a rubber glove whose open end was sucking in brown greasy water . |
| 16 | He picked out a Hardy Amies suit and blouse for me to wear — and masses of Helmut 's jewels pinned to the suit , fastened to my ears and draped round my neck . |