Example sentences of "picked up the [noun] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At last , I picked up the directory and began to look for the telephone number of a solicitor . |
| 2 | With this message already composed in his mind , William Joyce picked up the suitcases and led his wife from the echoing terminus of glass and iron . |
| 3 | Blind Io picked up the cube and counted the sides . |
| 4 | He picked up the cases and she took their hand-cases and they walked home , passing three separate black people who looked at them with silent hostility and two elderly white women who did not look at them at all . |
| 5 | He picked up the bowl and tossed the water into the darkness . |
| 6 | Benjamin picked up the casket and carefully examined the lining , searching for any secret compartment or hidden drawer . |
| 7 | She moved her glass , picked up the brochure and leafed through it , studying pictures of happy couples . |
| 8 | He looked at his wife , then at Pascoe , picked up the newspaper and began fiddling with it . |
| 9 | He picked up the newspaper and read the passage again . |
| 10 | Southgate picked up the manuscript and stalked away . |
| 11 | He picked up the suit-case and carried on . |
| 12 | Allen picked up the sack and slung it over his shoulder and they all three went out into the open air . |
| 13 | Mike picked up the problem and ran with it , creating a really first-class lab for quantitative morphology . |
| 14 | More to put her at her ease again than for any other reason I picked up The Times and showed it to her . |
| 15 | I picked up the lamp and went into the bathroom . |
| 16 | He picked up the lamp and looked around the room . |
| 17 | He picked up the lamp and carried it across to the picture . |
| 18 | Hesitantly she picked up the soap and began to soap the expanse of his chest , while he looked down at her . |
| 19 | When Rosa had taken the tray Luce picked up the crutch and practised hobbling round the bedroom . |
| 20 | Thankful that , though her ankle was still painful if she put any weight on it , her foot was n't swollen , Luce put on a pair of yellow flat-heeled sandals and , unable to contain her impatience a moment longer , picked up the crutch and headed down the corridor . |
| 21 | Sir Derek Bailey , a Gloucestershire businessman , picked up the route and formed the company when the former operator , British United Airways , pulled out of Alderney , leaving the island without the vital air link which so affects the island 's economy . |
| 22 | He picked up the correspondence and miscellaneous papers in the in-tray and quickly scanned the contents . |
| 23 | I went over to the table , picked up the roses and threw them far out of the window . |
| 24 | She picked up the stick and hurled it , skimming it low over the shallow pools left by the tide . |
| 25 | Léonie picked up the brush and got going on her cousin 's hair . |
| 26 | Madeleine picked up the epithets and laughed at them . |
| 27 | It came to him , just like a flash of lightning and he was so excited that he picked up the telephone and rang Dennis Hopper in Los Angeles . |
| 28 | It then occurred to me that I might be able to help , and I picked up the telephone and spoke to Winston . |
| 29 | She picked up the telephone and asked for a courier service . |
| 30 | She picked up the telephone and dialled the number recorded in the report for Maurice 's Fifth Avenue apartment . |