Example sentences of "down [conj] picked [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | He bent down and picked up a carrier that he 'd lain on the floor . |
2 | I reached down and picked up the empty wine bottle and smashed it to the floor . |
3 | He sat down and picked up the sheaf of papers neatly set out on the top of his desk . |
4 | She turned the music down and picked up the receiver . |
5 | One of the apes that lived among the rooftops of the city scampered down and picked up the peel , then raced back up to his vantage point beside the eaves . |
6 | He went down and picked up the dangling receiver . |
7 | She got up , made herself another coffee , sat down and picked up the note again . |
8 | Lowell bent down and picked up the fragment of urn , wiping it with the palm of his hand . |
9 | She bent down and picked out a fragment of Quimper from the dustpan . |