Example sentences of "[noun] he picked [adv prt] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he caught up with the spectators following the last match he picked up the information that had filtered back through the crowd 's grapevine . |
| 2 | Layton put it somewhat differently when he added that ‘ the two great qualities a young writer has are his arrogance and inexperience , ’ and on another occasion he picked out the twin characteristics of ‘ precocity and independence . ’ |
| 3 | In the morning he picked up the van in Hilderbridge and drove to Jackley the long way round through Byss , having a newly upholstered chaise longue to deliver before he made the Jackley collection . |
| 4 | Sitting down opposite without a word he picked up the glass and emptied the contents down his throat . |
| 5 | After a moment 's hesitation he picked up the receiver . |