Example sentences of "he picked [adv prt] the [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He picked up the lingo right away , but I ca n't get any kind of fix on it . |
| 2 | He picked up the canvas shoulder-bag , which was empty except for the map and a compass . |
| 3 | But then he picked up the rubbish bag and slung it over his shoulder . |
| 4 | He picked up the glass case and looked at the bird reflectively . |
| 5 | Mechanically , he picked up the wine bottle and offered refills , but gloom had settled over the table and no one was interested . |
| 6 | He picked up the wine cup and sipped from it and then sat on the bed next to Sir John , staring down at the great wooden bed posters . |
| 7 | He picked up the radio handset . |
| 8 | He picked up the Radio Times and glanced through the evening 's programmes . |
| 9 | He picked up the power drill from the slick surface of his desk , noting the empty in/out trays as he did so . |
| 10 | Then , if he picked up the news magazines he was forced to read about it over and over again . |
| 11 | He picked up the silver coffee-pot as the door closed behind her , and poured the strong dark brew into the pretty Wedgwood cups . |
| 12 | He picked up the executive case , his suitcase . |
| 13 | He picked up the Bren gun , I collected the ammunition and we made our way out of the orchard . |
| 14 | Layton put it somewhat differently when he added that ‘ the two great qualities a young writer has are his arrogance and inexperience , ’ and on another occasion he picked out the twin characteristics of ‘ precocity and independence . ’ |