Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] pick [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It will take a fair amount of skill and cajoling to pick up the pieces . ’ |
| 2 | Judy knew Brown Owl would be very cross if she saw Mandy on the other side of the fence — but she did n't have time to worry very long about that , for in a minute or two a loud , frightened scream shrilled from Mandy , who had stepped forward and bent to pick up the ball resting on the bright-green surface of the ground — and found herself up to her knees in treacherous , clinging slime . |
| 3 | As soon as she stopped struggling and stood motionless he let her go and bent to pick up the shoes she 'd dropped . |
| 4 | He stood up , stretched and bent to pick up the tray . |
| 5 | The antics of the children as they scrambled and tried to pick up the coins were one of the highlights of the day . |
| 6 | Then , riding on , he stiffly dismounted , avoiding the kicking of disabled horses , and stooped to pick up the now trampled and muddied Lion Rampant standard of Scotland . |
| 7 | Linda opened the front door for the milk , and stooped to pick up the bottles . |
| 8 | She sighed , and turned to pick up the clock on the bedside table . |
| 9 | Juliette bent down and began picking up the smashed pieces of china . |
| 10 | Immediately , her expression and pace of approach changed and instead of the lambasting , or worse , she had seemed about to deliver , she gave the child a tolerant smile and began to pick up the scattered cans . |
| 11 | She went through into the boudoir and began to pick up the bedclothes . |
| 12 | Mrs. Hennessy bent down and began to pick up the bed — clothes . |
| 13 | To the accompaniment of one of Alan Dell 's Big Band programmes Patrick told Peter Jennings about the murder and the theft of the letters , the switched bodies and his decision to come out to Romania and try to pick up the scent of John and Angela Bonnard . |
| 14 | UNIT had been routinely monitoring the signals in the area and had picked up the SOS messages from the passenger aircraft . |
| 15 | ‘ Coming back and trying to pick up the threads ca n't be easy . ’ |