Example sentences of "picked up [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Adam reached to a shelf behind Miranda 's desk and picked up a case of cosmetic samples . |
| 2 | In the living room she picked up a couple of wine glasses from the floor and set them down on a coffee table . |
| 3 | We all donned gloves and picked up a couple of Harris 's hawks . |
| 4 | They provided a bus , you had a bus ride and you picked up a couple of guides er , who during the night would take you over the er take you over the er Pyrenees , er over the mountains er , the Pyrenees , you see becau er you 're in need of a guide because the er the frontier posts etcetera etcetera were shut , were closed . |
| 5 | Josie laid down her comb , and picked up a couple of big plastic clips from a box on the makeup table . |
| 6 | A few minutes after Amiss had gone Sunil cleared up the fragments of cheese and biscuits , deposited them neatly in the waste-paper basket , picked up a couple of books and some blank paper and descended to the next storey . |
| 7 | Even in the mid-afternoon there were still copies of most of the morning 's newspapers , and Carson picked up a couple at random . |
| 8 | A friend picked up a couple in a club . |
| 9 | He picked up a knife from the table . |
| 10 | I said , can I have the sugar and he picked up a knife from the table-top and pretended to carve his heart out , put it in the sugar bowl and presented it to me . |
| 11 | Mr Hughes said Sweeney picked up a knife from a table and stabbed the restaurant 's owner with it in the back of the hand . |
| 12 | But the pitch was wet when I picked up a swag against them at Bradford . |
| 13 | Joseph grinned ruefully back at him for a moment , then sensing the senator was warming to a familiar theme , he picked up a history of French Indochina that lay open on the table before him and sank down in his chair behind it . |
| 14 | Erm if at some time in the future a local plan picked up a change in circumstances and made a cogent argument inn favour of varying from the strategic framework , we would have to consider that on its merits . |
| 15 | He picked up a kitten by its tail and swung it to and fro in the air , laughing at its cries . |
| 16 | Maxim put the camera down picked up a poker from the hearth and started for the stairway . |
| 17 | He picked up a rosary of cheap light beads that lay coiled in an alabaster ashtray on a side table near the door . |
| 18 | Lee picked up a stick from by the broken wire fence and poked the feathers of one of the dead hens , then the bloody bit by the neck . |
| 19 | Léonie picked up a fistful of knives and trailed after Victorine . |
| 20 | He picked up a sheet of parchment from the table , glanced at it , and then raised his eyes . |
| 21 | She picked up a sheet of estate agent 's particulars . |
| 22 | Though the Greater Manchester pension fund investment had been blocked by Stockport council , the Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive was still game , and Everett picked up a cheque for £175,000 from a suspicious representative who demanded proof that he was really the man from Guinness Mahon . |
| 23 | A man picked up a bottle of soy sauce on his way out , without paying for it . |
| 24 | I went back to the cabin , put my shoes on again , and picked up a bottle of wine . |
| 25 | He picked up a bottle of meths and took a ‘ slug ’ . |
| 26 | Ianthe picked up a bottle in each hand , then had to put one of them down to ring the front door bell . |
| 27 | erm er and the spelling of it , you , you asked , I think , about the , about the Bridgit side of it and so on and , and questioned that and then again later on picked up a bit about the er tt about the spelling of the children 's names so you , you went along with him on , on that . |
| 28 | Mr Reed ‘ picked up a bit of consulting work ’ following his resignation and heard no more until his arrest five months later . |
| 29 | Then I picked up a bit of naan bread and mopped up my curry sauce . |
| 30 | ‘ I managed to win a few line-out takes and the backrow picked up a bit of their possession which pleased us as a unit . |