Example sentences of "[conj] she picked [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Moon was so angry with the hare 's evasions that she picked up a hatchet to chop off his head , but missed her aim and cut the hare on the mouth . |
| 2 | end of the island as polar bears ; indeed , the sight of one was so surprising that she picked up her skirts and , with the younger children around her , fled towards the safety of her mother 's kitchen . |
| 3 | Her knowledge of Samoa was based upon what a group of adolescent girls thr told her , through an interpreter , and what can only be called , er , chit-chat and gossip that she picked up from missionaries ' wives and people like this . |
| 4 | Less than 48 hours after the world No.1 had lifted her third French Open title , doctors in Paris revealed that she picked up the injury towards the end of her quarter-final win over Jennifer Capriati . |
| 5 | Clarissa did n't want to make too much fun of him because she knew he was serious , so she picked up her glass , filled by the waiter from the fresh bottle . |
| 6 | When we started filming she was very shy but she got better as she went along and she picked up confidence . |
| 7 | A Liberty scarf was wrapped round her head and she picked up a travelling case . |
| 8 | And as the ship freed herself from the mule-lines and her screw began to chum up a wake of umber , sludgy water , and she picked up speed towards the marker buoys and the farewell beacon on Flamenco Island , I was sure I could see the seamen still , pointing their cameras back — now with long lenses all — towards the statue of Balboa which stands on the Panama City seafront , with the great man gazing out at the Ocean into which the Poles were now , at long last , sailing . |
| 9 | Maudie Mycroft could see she was wasting her time seeking sympathy from the women and she picked up her shopping bag . |
| 10 | I tried to sound as matter-of-fact about it as possible , and she picked up my tone . |
| 11 | And she picked up the plate of spurned buck rarebit and emptied it into the bin under the counter . |
| 12 | The telephone rang , mercifully cutting short any more disturbing thoughts , and she picked up the receiver . |
| 13 | When her call came through , however , and she picked up the phone and said , ‘ Hello , ’ she realised that she would n't have to ask Lubor when Ven was coming back — because she already knew . |
| 14 | I asked which were the next tallest and she picked out the only two of the next size . |
| 15 | I asked which were the smallest , and she picked out the three shortest ones quickly . |
| 16 | Some of them smelt of oil or grease of a kind she did n't recognize I gave her a few samples from the labs without telling her what they were and she picked out gun oil as being the nearest . |
| 17 | The names meant nothing to her , as her own family austerity eschewed , in characteristic northern professional manner , any interest in the visual arts , but she picked up what they were meant to mean . |
| 18 | Anne 's face was red and she felt ready to burst with anger but she picked up the baby and escaped to the bathroom . |
| 19 | He was right , of course , she knew that , but she picked up the brandy Mick got her and downed it in one , then hovered on the edge of her seat until he gave up and walked her home . |
| 20 | Since you arrived , ever since she picked up the … vibrations between us , that first lunchtime , she has done everything in her power to stir up trouble , including that episode in my office , and tonight 's performance . |
| 21 | The New York Film Critics Circle gave Emma , 33 , its top honour after she picked up the DW Griffith and Los Angeles Critics awards for her portrayal of Helen Schlegel in the adaptation of E M Forster 's novel , Howards End . |
| 22 | They sat down and as always , Rachel bowed her head in a silent moment before she picked up her fork and began to eat her Gefillte Fish . |
| 23 | Rodi 's second husband Gordon , 64 , died two months before she picked up the cheque from Bergerac star John Nettles . |
| 24 | There is , of course , no elegant way to accomplish this and the poor woman was greeted with gales of laughter when she picked up her cob and began to eat . |
| 25 | A WOMAN was stung by a scorpion when she picked up a bunch of bananas in a supermarket . |
| 26 | Her hands were shaking when she picked up the receiver and dialled the number of Sabrina 's flat . |
| 27 | He was amused to observe that she forced herself to be a blank when she picked up the bowl of pus and blood . |
| 28 | she heard when she picked up the phone . |
| 29 | Ven was her first thought when she picked up the receiver . |
| 30 | One of Stephanie close colleagues has been under gun guard , police guard for a week following death threats on the alleged kidnapper , as the net closed on him he phoned estate agent Jane the girl who helped prepare the second artist impression , Jane had met him face to face when he called at the office in Great Bar Birmingham days before the kidnap to collect details on several houses for sale , her blood ran cold when she picked up the phone on Wednesday February the twelfth to hear his voice again |