Example sentences of "[coord] she picked [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When we started filming she was very shy but she got better as she went along and she picked up confidence . |
| 2 | A Liberty scarf was wrapped round her head and she picked up a travelling case . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Maudie Mycroft could see she was wasting her time seeking sympathy from the women and she picked up her shopping bag . |
| 5 | I tried to sound as matter-of-fact about it as possible , and she picked up my tone . |
| 6 | And she picked up the plate of spurned buck rarebit and emptied it into the bin under the counter . |
| 7 | The telephone rang , mercifully cutting short any more disturbing thoughts , and she picked up the receiver . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | I asked which were the next tallest and she picked out the only two of the next size . |
| 10 | I asked which were the smallest , and she picked out the three shortest ones quickly . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Anne 's face was red and she felt ready to burst with anger but she picked up the baby and escaped to the bathroom . |
| 14 | 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 . |