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 .
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