Example sentences of "picked [adv prt] the [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He left the kitchen and picked up the hotel cashbox from his office in the foyer . |
| 2 | Then she picked up the wicker bird cage and took it to the sill . |
| 3 | FARM Minister John Gummer faces a Commons grilling after a food firm picked up the £2,600 bill to landscape his garden . |
| 4 | Thérèse picked up the biscuit box from the table . |
| 5 | I expect you remember being taken and fetched each day — some four or five miles — sometimes by me and sometimes by Ruth Donnison — and how you used to fume when we picked up the Khin Zaw 's children who were always late . |
| 6 | Then I picked up the lamp torch and held it above my head . |
| 7 | The other man picked up the dressing gown lying on the end of the bed and threw it at Connelly . |
| 8 | The New York Film Critics Circle gave Emma , 33 , its top honour after she picked up the DW Griffith and Los Angeles Critics awards for her portrayal of Helen Schlegel in the adaptation of E M Forster 's novel , Howards End . |
| 9 | She picked up the quartz crystal which , she believes , has had a beneficial effect on her well-being . |
| 10 | After it she felt soothed of any irritation she may have felt with the last letter , wiped her mouth with satisfaction , and picked up the Oswaldston Gazette . |
| 11 | She picked up the telephone receiver , disbelievingly , and dialled the number of the card . |
| 12 | She picked up the milk bottle , muttering to herself about how bad her back was and about her deep inner conviction that the steps would need scrubbing again . |
| 13 | Terry Miller picked up the Grantley Times . |
| 14 | In 1955 the company picked up the film rights to a popular sci-fi TV series . |
| 15 | She picked up the alarm clock , three large cushions and a blanket , went into the kitchen and closed the door firmly behind her . |
| 16 | The child sat down , more from surprise than the force of the blow ; the woman picked up the shopping bags and walked on ; she knew that she was in danger of missing the train now . |
| 17 | Lisa settled down with the bulldog clip that held the current day 's orders , and Folly picked up the accounts book . |
| 18 | Peter picked up the exercise book and slipped it into the box he had brought down from the loft . |
| 19 | As she could hear Jack coming down the stairs she returned to the kitchen and picked up the metal spoon and plunged it into the saucepan which she had not yet put on to heat . |
| 20 | He picked up the lingo right away , but I ca n't get any kind of fix on it . |
| 21 | Maggie LeMan kept her eyes riveted on the occupants of the stage for a moment , where they were bowing and making the best of the half-hearted appreciation now being shown by clapping punctuated with cat-calls ; then , slowly leaning to the side , she picked up the bird cage as she said , ‘ What do I want with a concert party ? |
| 22 | He walked over and picked up the pewter goblet , sniffing at it carefully . |
| 23 | Harvey picked up the cigar butt with a tut tut of annoyance . |
| 24 | At once , she picked up the gold key from the table , unlocked the little door into the garden , and then began to eat a piece of mushroom . |
| 25 | The orange river picked up the rejection letter and open cigarette packet in its path and floated them over onto X 's lap . |
| 26 | Kadan picked up the bow case and slid the bow gently into it . |
| 27 | Party manners — Hewlett-Packard Co hosted all the COSE meetings and picked up the pizza tab ; Sun Microsystems Inc then threw a celebratory dinner for the COSE teams on April 16 , the night before the announcement : now it 's IBM Corp 's turn , unless Lou Gerstner decides to sit it out , pleading poverty . |
| 28 | Hewlett-Packard Co hosted all the COSE meetings and picked up the pizza tab . |
| 29 | Thinking about it , Alexandra picked up the sample pack of a new hand cream and rubbed some into the backs of her hands . |
| 30 | Alex went over to the mantelpiece and picked up the Concorde ticket . |