Example sentences of "he picked up the [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 He picked up the tongs to check the meat .
2 He picked up the cases and she took their hand-cases and they walked home , passing three separate black people who looked at them with silent hostility and two elderly white women who did not look at them at all .
3 He picked up the women in the street .
4 He picked up the fingers .
5 He picked up the bags and went into the house .
6 He picked up the garments she 'd taken off .
7 He picked up the papers he had discarded and laid them out so that he could check his own reports while Coy spoke to him .
8 He picked up the tins ; then , leaning towards her , he said , ‘ Nice to be served by a pretty face .
9 Anne could see , though , that he was trembling as he picked up the handles of the handcart and moved away .
10 He picked up the sports jacket and examined the collar but could see no blood , no unburnt powder and no scorching .
11 He picked up the tapes and sifted through .
12 The London driver said he picked up the brothers at Grosvenor House Hotel after the Players ' Union awards dinner last Sunday .
13 He picked up the books one by one , opening them at the title page , watching every movement of her pen as she signed them and commenting on the brilliance of each individual plot .
14 He picked up the desserts and hurried into the room , addressing the table in these terms , Eva becoming more furious until an intense discussion broke out about the importance of intuition in the breakthrough stage of science .
15 He picked up the reins in a temper and slapped them hard across the horse 's back .
16 He says that when he got into the room the double bed was alight , he picked up the babies and got them out as quickly as he could .
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