Example sentences of "picked [pron] up and [verb] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | When they immediately reacted with their automatic alarm response of rolling up into a tight ball , the entire family promptly rolled down the slope of the hill and came to rest at the man 's feet , where he picked them up and popped them into his collecting bag . |
| 2 | Massingham picked them up and rubbed them between his palms and thumbs and sniffed . |
| 3 | He sent Mr Leventis the weigh bill and the Cypriot embassy in Bonn picked them up and sent them to Cyprus . |
| 4 | Edward picked them up and brought them over to where we were . |
| 5 | Uncle Philip picked them up and stuck them briskly in the gap between the puppet 's wooden breast and its white satin bodice . |
| 6 | She said and he picked them up and put them both together and it was seven hundred and odd she had to pay out , for her car ! |
| 7 | They made sure children got safely on to the chairlift and picked them up and dusted them down if they fell . |
| 8 | Sebastian dropped his clothes on the floor , she picked them up and washed them . |
| 9 | Della picked them up and held them . |
| 10 | Dougal picked them up and used them as a lever . |