Example sentences of "[conj] he pick [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It came to him , just like a flash of lightning and he was so excited that he picked up the telephone and rang Dennis Hopper in Los Angeles . |
| 2 | Giving evidence , Capt von Humbracht said that he picked up the uniform , hat and sword belonging to Napoleon which lay on the ground . |
| 3 | But although he was so sensitive to conversation that he picked up the slightest nuance , his combination of " tea party cosiness and cold intellectuality " was " if not exactly intimidating , at least restraining " . |
| 4 | ‘ My lipstick fell out of my bag , you see , and he trod on it — not on the carpet , thank heaven ! — so he picked up the mangled remains and asked if he could get me another . |
| 5 | ‘ Make yourself some coffee , ’ the Rasta says , and he picks up the phone . |
| 6 | Ben Hanbury is flying as well and he picked up the big race there yesterday with White Crown . |
| 7 | Her finger jabbed at the picture of the man , not quite touching it , and he picked up the difference in the gestures immediately . |
| 8 | Luce slid off his knee , and he picked up the phone and dialled . |
| 9 | Then , if he picked up the news magazines he was forced to read about it over and over again . |
| 10 | It exploded after he picked up the device which had fallen from underneath a car outside a house on the Antrim Road . |
| 11 | He leant on the car and lit a cigarette , puffing at it before he picked up the radio again . |
| 12 | He closes face when he picks up the bat . |
| 13 | He grinned when he picked up the phone to check the dialling tone . |
| 14 | When he picked up the guitar , slung it round his neck , and started to tune the strings , there was no more doubt . |
| 15 | In the sixty fourth minute , Pedro Herbert restored the home side 's lead when he picked up the ball on the break and side footed it past keeper Cummings , to make it two one to Harefield . |
| 16 | ‘ We 'll wander back , ’ he said as he picked up the blanket and baskets , ‘ expect we 'll meet 'em coming back . ’ |
| 17 | Willie watched him in horror as he picked up the wriggling worms and put them inside the tin . |
| 18 | Chantal ran the tip of her tongue over her lips and exchanged a glance with D'Arcy as he picked up the receiver . |
| 19 | Anne could see , though , that he was trembling as he picked up the handles of the handcart and moved away . |
| 20 | His face did not relax as he picked up the brandy and handed it to her . |
| 21 | Satan , in his accustomed place in the lead , came to a stop as he picked up the first trace of man-scent . |
| 22 | By the look of him , however , his chief had not perhaps shared a similarly successful period of recuperation , for he sounded tetchy as he picked up the brief note Lewis had left him . |
| 23 | Senior Sea King pilot Lt Cmdr George Wallace spoke of the shelling as he picked up the two injured men . |