Example sentences of "picked [adv prt] his [noun] [coord] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He picked up his phone and spoke to an aide . |
| 2 | ‘ Do what you can for me , ’ and he crossed himself , picked up his suitcase and moved on . |
| 3 | He picked up his tankard and drank off half of it in one gulp . |
| 4 | Father Peter picked up his tankard and sipped from it . |
| 5 | As Knocker went to the slide window to serve , Yanto picked up his pint and walked through into the snug . |
| 6 | He picked up his drink and made his way over to them . |
| 7 | The other picked up his drink and took a long swallow , watching her over the rim of the tankard . |
| 8 | The Duchess giggled as he then picked up his guitar and sang Michael Row The Boat Ashore . |
| 9 | He picked up his pipe and blew on it a descending series of shrill notes that scarred the tepid surface of the afternoon . |
| 10 | Graham picked up his holdalls and walked away to the cafeteria , where he changed a couple of Swiss francs into loose change then made a call on one of the public telephones , positioning himself in such a way so he could study the two men as he described them to Philpott . |
| 11 | He picked up his jacket and went down to the basement . |
| 12 | Uncertainly Jean-Paul picked up his jacket and moved towards the door . |
| 13 | He picked up his clock and put it by his bed because he had to wake up at seven o'clock . |
| 14 | He picked up his briefcase and found his way to the car park , where slots were reserved specifically for residents of the block of flats . |
| 15 | He picked up his glasses and rubbed them up on the tablecloth . |
| 16 | Unheeding , he picked up his greatcoat and strode towards the door . |
| 17 | He picked up his bottle and tramped away , treading on Dickinson 's feet . |
| 18 | Champion picked up his whip and waved it at his mount to encourage him over those last few yards , and Aldaniti responded gamely . |
| 19 | Himmler picked up his pen and started to write again . |
| 20 | Not forgetting the notes in the blue box , he wrote , number the slips perhaps or leave unnumbered , each slip to record date and place of purchase of one element of the glass , size and shape and substance before incorporation , brief history of its purchase , tube ticket , bus ticket , receipt , weather on day of purchase and weather on day of incorporation , temperature on day of purchase and temperature on day of incorporation , 1 tin peaches , bread , marmite ( small ) , remember laundry , one day like any other ( and Goldberg , pausing in his typing , picked up his pen and put a small question mark in the margin of his typescript and then carried on ) , now winter has come , but every night like every other , walking round the glass under the cold light , measuring the glass , preparing the glass . |
| 21 | And with that he picked up his pen and returned to his paperwork , dismissing her . |
| 22 | He picked up his keys and shrugged . |
| 23 | He picked up his telephone and got the radio room . |
| 24 | He picked up his telephone and dialled out a number . |
| 25 | He handed me back the key , thanked me , picked up his grip and left . ’ |
| 26 | He picked up his case and walked towards the door . |
| 27 | ‘ So the bee picked up his flowers and flew back home to his friend Christopher , and said , night night , Christopher . ’ |
| 28 | Steve picked up his sandwich and went over to the television set where he sat eating it while he watched the news . |
| 29 | Colin picked up his coffee and drank it at a gulp . |
| 30 | Suddenly the grey horse was lame no more , but picked up his heels and leaped ahead with stretched neck and lunging shoulders , the prince lying forward over his neck and thrusting with him , as though he and his beast were one flesh . |