Example sentences of "picked up the [noun pl] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | More to put her at her ease again than for any other reason I picked up The Times and showed it to her . |
| 4 | I went over to the table , picked up the roses and threw them far out of the window . |
| 5 | Madeleine picked up the epithets and laughed at them . |
| 6 | Dougal picked up the papers and followed Lorton upstairs . |
| 7 | Judging the business to be done , Ramlal picked up the papers and went to the door . |
| 8 | Lee picked up the vibes and looked with wide-eyed apprehension as I held my breath and waited . |
| 9 | He picked up the bags and went into the house . |
| 10 | With a shrug that she hoped looked uncaring , she walked in , removed his jacket that was still round her shoulders , picked up the jeans and shirt she had left out to change into , and went into the bathroom . |
| 11 | She picked up the binoculars and stared at the front door of the plane . |
| 12 | I told them I was late , picked up the shafts and left them to it . |
| 13 | When his coolie picked up the shafts and broke into his loping stride , Joseph found he could n't look at the narrow , sweat-streaked shoulders bobbing in front of him without seeing the bleeding welts caused by the French colon 's cane . |
| 14 | You picked up the pieces and went on . |
| 15 | But her emotions had burnt themselves out , and all she felt as she picked up the cards and carried them through to the kitchen was a dull emptiness , as if the pain she was n't feeling had left a gap . |
| 16 | He picked up the tapes and sifted through . |
| 17 | He picked up the desserts and hurried into the room , addressing the table in these terms , Eva becoming more furious until an intense discussion broke out about the importance of intuition in the breakthrough stage of science . |
| 18 | He says that when he got into the room the double bed was alight , he picked up the babies and got them out as quickly as he could . |