Example sentences of "and [pers pn] picked up [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I picked up a pack of contraceptives . |
| 2 | And I picked up a load of washing the other day and put it in the washing machine and I washed it . |
| 3 | ‘ But this is what really gets at me : when we started our run in , and I picked up the diaper , I found it was already stained . |
| 4 | Sorry , the only one I eh , I eh got this idea was when I first took this up I went into the hut in the town , and I picked up the booklets , you know that they have on the counter , and in one of these booklets it had that the vet 's were now I do n't know what I 'm , I 'm very lost for everything like this , but they 've kept and therefore if your animal needed , your pet needed treatment it would be done by the private vet 's and eh , mon the money would be re would be reclaimed by the vet from the R S P C A , and I think that gave to erm . |
| 5 | It then occurred to me that I might be able to help , and I picked up the telephone and spoke to Winston . |
| 6 | They provided a bus , you had a bus ride and you picked up a couple of guides er , who during the night would take you over the er take you over the er Pyrenees , er over the mountains er , the Pyrenees , you see becau er you 're in need of a guide because the er the frontier posts etcetera etcetera were shut , were closed . |
| 7 | A Liberty scarf was wrapped round her head and she picked up a travelling case . |
| 8 | And she picked up the plate of spurned buck rarebit and emptied it into the bin under the counter . |
| 9 | The telephone rang , mercifully cutting short any more disturbing thoughts , and she picked up the receiver . |
| 10 | When her call came through , however , and she picked up the phone and said , ‘ Hello , ’ she realised that she would n't have to ask Lubor when Ven was coming back — because she already knew . |
| 11 | After lifting the European Formula Three crown in 1979 , he was offered a position alongside John Watson in the McLaren Formula One team for 1980 and he picked up a point on his debut in the Argentine Grand Prix . |
| 12 | I said , can I have the sugar and he picked up a knife from the table-top and pretended to carve his heart out , put it in the sugar bowl and presented it to me . |
| 13 | My father worked part-time in a dance hall and he picked up a Leeds United badge which I wore everywhere for about 6 months until I lost it : - ( ( ( ( . |
| 14 | Ben Hanbury is flying as well and he picked up the big race there yesterday with White Crown . |
| 15 | Her finger jabbed at the picture of the man , not quite touching it , and he picked up the difference in the gestures immediately . |
| 16 | Luce slid off his knee , and he picked up the phone and dialled . |