Example sentences of "[pers pn] picked up " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ From the moment I picked up this book to the moment I put it down , ’ wrote GM , ‘ I could n't stop laughing . |
| 3 | I picked up my coffee and savoured a sit-down in the canteen . |
| 4 | I picked up the Evening News from one of the street sellers and looked through its entertainment pages . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | We called at Brigade H.Q where I picked up my bagpipes . |
| 8 | ‘ Must be getting back to Brigade H.Q , Sarge , ’ I remarked as I picked up my rifle and prepared to leave . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | At this staging camp I picked up some mail . |
| 12 | I picked up my pack , slung it over my shoulder and crossed the little bridge over the burn . |
| 13 | Later I picked up a station from Orlando , WINS — I listened to a maudlin piece about the poor families of soldiers and pilots . |
| 14 | I picked up that silly , mincing girl from the Post Office . |
| 15 | At last , I picked up the directory and began to look for the telephone number of a solicitor . |
| 16 | I picked up Dorothy Wordsworth 's Journals hoping for a quiet hour or two by the river while they were manoeuvring . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | I picked up my plastic bag and walked noisily along the hall , banging the front door behind me . |
| 20 | I picked up a likely length and laid it in the boat . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | ‘ 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Because if I picked up that gun I would have to use it . |
| 25 | I picked up a handful of dirty snow and brushed the crust off the top . |
| 26 | I picked up my bag and went back into the cold street . |
| 27 | I picked up the box and shook it as the crumbs fell out on the pavement . |
| 28 | So was it very surprising that I picked up on the African presence moving around the island ? |
| 29 | Responding to the Handsworth events Douglas Hurd was moved to argue forcibly that such events were senseless and reflected more on those who participated in them than on the society in which they took place : ‘ The sound which law abiding people in Handsworth heard on Monday night , the echoes of which I picked up on Tuesday , was not a cry for help but a cry for loot ’ ( Financial Times , 13 September 1985 ) . |
| 30 | I picked up my satchel with its broken strap and walked — no , limped — to the window . |