Example sentences of "[pron] picked up " in BNC.
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| 1 | Someone picked up Gallagher 's jacket from the ground and handed it to him . |
| 2 | Then someone picked up and he heard a woman say a curt and cautious , ‘ Yes ’ |
| 3 | And it has to be said , he wrote , that its opposite , a feeling of elation , equally physical , equally extra-physical , has also been a constant feature of my life , manifesting itself regularly though impossible to predict , a reeling in the chest this time , the chest and perhaps the throat , a feeling of the heart leaping and the blood pumping , it came when I first took up a brush and made a mark on paper , it came when I picked up the first readymade and felt it transformed by that very action , it came when Madge rang to say she could not go on , when Annie wrote to say she was not coming back , when the idea of the glass first popped into my head . |
| 4 | ‘ From the moment I picked up this book to the moment I put it down , ’ wrote GM , ‘ I could n't stop laughing . |
| 5 | I picked up my coffee and savoured a sit-down in the canteen . |
| 6 | I picked up the Evening News from one of the street sellers and looked through its entertainment pages . |
| 7 | I picked up a book , but put it down again and began looking at a tiny red spider on the leaf of a geranium , ad lost count of time . |
| 8 | Preparations were being made to evacuate the farm as I picked up my rucksack , slung it over my shoulder , and joined the others outside on the road . |
| 9 | We called at Brigade H.Q where I picked up my bagpipes . |
| 10 | ‘ Must be getting back to Brigade H.Q , Sarge , ’ I remarked as I picked up my rifle and prepared to leave . |
| 11 | Not wishing to remain in this part of the farm one moment longer , I picked up my rifle and dashed back the war I had come , taking advantage of the cover offered by the farm buildings . |
| 12 | She slipped her arm through mine , I picked up my rifle from the corner near to the band , who were now packing up their instruments . |
| 13 | At this staging camp I picked up some mail . |
| 14 | I picked up my pack , slung it over my shoulder and crossed the little bridge over the burn . |
| 15 | Later I picked up a station from Orlando , WINS — I listened to a maudlin piece about the poor families of soldiers and pilots . |
| 16 | I picked up that silly , mincing girl from the Post Office . |
| 17 | At last , I picked up the directory and began to look for the telephone number of a solicitor . |
| 18 | I picked up Dorothy Wordsworth 's Journals hoping for a quiet hour or two by the river while they were manoeuvring . |
| 19 | A few weeks ago I picked up a tray of plants from the greenhouse border and was delighted to see a baby toad sitting in a hallow in the soil . |
| 20 | I picked up the nearest coil and began to gather it up , but whereas in the summer heat the pipe had been soft and flexible , it now had the consistency of a steel cable and was like trying to lift a bedframe designed by Salvador Dali . |
| 21 | I picked up my plastic bag and walked noisily along the hall , banging the front door behind me . |
| 22 | I picked up a likely length and laid it in the boat . |
| 23 | I picked up the jar which was slippery on the outside from dripped paint and , screwing its lid on , dropped it with the brush into a plastic bag before stowing it again in my pouch . |
| 24 | ‘ But this is what really gets at me : when we started our run in , and I picked up the diaper , I found it was already stained . |
| 25 | Then I picked up a pebble and flung it out to sea ; it rose straight up into the air and landed on the ground a few yards behind me . |
| 26 | Because if I picked up that gun I would have to use it . |
| 27 | I picked up a handful of dirty snow and brushed the crust off the top . |
| 28 | I picked up my bag and went back into the cold street . |
| 29 | I picked up the box and shook it as the crumbs fell out on the pavement . |
| 30 | So was it very surprising that I picked up on the African presence moving around the island ? |