Example sentences of "and pick [adv prt] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am ushered reverently into a cabin and pick up the quaint hand set , which has an additional round earpiece for clamping over the spare ear , so that I see myself reflected in the glass like a radio operator or a session singer . |
| 2 | No , I never pick up the phone , they do that , pick up one phone and speak for a minute , while that ones ringing they say hold on a minute , and pick up the other one . |
| 3 | I mean when we 're walking we are actually falling the whole time , but insects are not like that , they do n't stand on three and pick up the other three . |
| 4 | When you have finished — it might take five minutes or five hours — look through your notes and pick out the central themes . |
| 5 | ‘ Well , well , ’ she said , bending down and picking up the little frog , ‘ what have we here then ? ’ |
| 6 | Agrippa smiled , going up beside the doctor and picking up the white rose . |
| 7 | You could then lean back and pick up the front foot , thrusting it straight into the opponent 's solar plexus . |
| 8 | He stood and picked up the small bowl he had brought , walking through to her bathroom to empty it . |
| 9 | Nintendo 's machines hit British shops in autumn 1990 but it was last Christmas , when it outsold everything else in sight and picked up the prestigious Toy Of The Year award , that things really took off . |
| 10 | He pulled on the coat , adjusted a slouch hat and picked up the overnight bag she had prepared . |
| 11 | He jotted the three names down on a slip of paper with a gesture of finality and picked up the internal telephone , stabbing out the number for the code-room . |
| 12 | Then she stood up , turned to the sink again and picked up the rust-coloured casserole dish from where she had left it . |
| 13 | Having collected the mail and picked up the following day 's patrol tasks , the vehicles arrive and we return to Rosemount for lunch . |
| 14 | He stooped and picked up the cruel dagger which had nearly split his throat . |
| 15 | She pushed her glasses back up her nose , clamped her mouth shut firmly , and picked up the hard-backed novel , which had cost six dollars and fifty cents of the Committee 's small funds . |
| 16 | He went down and picked up the dangling receiver . |
| 17 | He stooped and picked up the torn halves himself . |
| 18 | He walked to the table and picked up the big Polaroid camera in its leather case . |
| 19 | ‘ Let's go then , ’ said Caro and picked up the big carpet bag . |
| 20 | I reached down and picked up the empty wine bottle and smashed it to the floor . |
| 21 | I went round the other side of the horse and picked up the off fore . |
| 22 | And it was just after he 'd flicked through one of them that Detective Constable Hodges ( blast his eyes ! ) had come in , walked over to the newspaper stall , and picked up the top copy but one from the Daily Mirror pile . |
| 23 | However , Ell moved quickly over and picked up the raw meat . |
| 24 | You wo n't mind and picked up the obvious , and you 're going to get out back to It 's only Sarah and |
| 25 | He looked at her — evasive , placating — and picked up the local paper . |
| 26 | Tom Kean strode across the clearing and picked up the discarded paper . |
| 27 | Jill darted forward and picked up the crushed envelope . |
| 28 | And Kalchu was satisfied and picked up the quivering body to carry it back to the fireside . |
| 29 | Corbett shook his head and picked up the faded leather dog collar . |
| 30 | Mihal beat away the burning logs with his club while Martin rushed in and picked up the old man . |