Example sentences of "[noun sg] she picked [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like a small child being told by stern parent she picked up the drink and tossed it back at a gulp . |
| 2 | From a plain wooden table spread with literature she picked up a booklet and offered it to Melissa , who took it with some hesitation . |
| 3 | In the living room she picked up a couple of wine glasses from the floor and set them down on a coffee table . |
| 4 | With a rush of fury she picked up the J-cloth which was sitting in a pool of greasy water at the bottom of the sink . |
| 5 | One lady , he claimed , almost lost her marbles when the word she picked out of the hat was the same as the one she 'd been handed 27,000 feet up a Himalayan mountain in her backpack and bivouac , far-out , cool-man days . |
| 6 | To refresh her memory she picked up the telephone , closed her eyes , and recalled how his gloved finger had moved over the first four raised knobs of plastic . |
| 7 | Lavender Lily Lily was a flower girl , Her house was in the air , Sweet lavender she picked gladly Without a single care . |
| 8 | The second time she picked up the lure and pulled up clumsily on my fist . |
| 9 | In desperation she picked up the phone and called astrologer Penny Thornton . |
| 10 | In desperation she picked up the paper and turned to the TV guide , but there was nothing scheduled for the early-evening spot apart from game shows . |
| 11 | Somebody in each street she picked out ? |