Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] pick [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dot in the conservatory watched as Loopy Lil slowly tried to pick up the unsteady tray of china . |
| 2 | Godolphin only had to pick up the encyclopaedia and he was ready to put on his boots and set off for the Dominions again . |
| 3 | She gradually started to pick up the threads of her life . |
| 4 | Fran turned to leave , then stopped to pick up the photograph of her father . |
| 5 | She looked round the hall , then bent to pick up the broken remains of a photo frame . |
| 6 | After she had gone he switched off the gramophone , drained his drink in a single gulp , then stooped to pick up the offending telegraph message . |