Example sentences of "picked [adv prt] in the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A colour brochure I picked up in the hall speaks of the ‘ 27 acres of secluded grounds with magnificent views over the Moray Firth and the Ross-shire hills beyond … imposing combination of Georgian and Scottish Baronial architecture … four course table d'hôte menu of very high class plus an à la carte menu including a range of steaks charcoal grilled … ’ : no mention of David Thomson . |
| 2 | So far , more than 2,000 bodies picked up in the border area have been sent back to their families . |
| 3 | It 's something I picked up in the Trow . ’ |
| 4 | allow and they reckon that soft ones are better suited too sports because , because of the great action they 're harder to , to knock out , whereas soft ones er , have better other qualities , I 've got this little fucking book , book that I picked up in the Boots in Farnborough the other day yes , its quite interesting . |
| 5 | ALAN SHEARER 'S success at Blackburn Rovers is reflected in the massive signing-on fee he picked up in the record move . |
| 6 | And its suggested ‘ activities ’ , like rearing silkworms , bore no resemblance to our gang meetings , where we planned raids on greenhouses , smoked cigarette ends picked up in the street or watched Brian Fish eat a live worm . |
| 7 | Sheffield Wednesday midfielder John Sheridan has had to withdraw from the Republic squad , following the thigh injury picked up in the FA Cup final replay defeat against Arsenal on Thursday at Wembley . |
| 8 | I could see them quite clearly , the blue formed of all sorts of colours , like sapphires picked out in the sun 's last rays . |
| 9 | Among particularly serious instances of pollution picked out in the report were the following : , Heavy use of pesticides polluting rivers across the crop growing areas of the Russian republic ; , Untreated industrial effluent from the Volga slowly killing off the marine life of the Caspian Sea ; , High levels of dioxin in mothers ' milk in Moscow ; , The continuing consequences of the Chernobyl nuclear accident , rendering much of the countryside of the Ukraine and Belorussia uncultivatable ; , Waste from aluminium factories in Uzbekistan , poisoning the land for miles around . |
| 10 | Her room , too , was a pleasing blend of cream and rose-pink , the colours of the curtains picked out in the material of the plump duvet and the matching bed linen . |
| 11 | His eyes played over the building in front of them — a jumble of towers , crenellations and massive walls with a sagging Rag of St George above the gatehouse picked out in the beam of a spotlight . |
| 12 | Using paint from the Crown Expressions range , the wall in the foreground and the shutters are in Carmolito F3–80 emulsion , the tongue and grooving and the fireplace is in Caribou K2–100 eggshell , whilst Ponderosa Pine has been used on the wall in the backroom and picked out in the berry stencil . |