Example sentences of "he picked [adv prt] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | He picked up the phone and started to dial again . |
| 32 | But this was too much ; he picked up the phone and left his resignation on the answering machine at Caxton House . |
| 33 | He ran along the carpeted passage and into the drawing-room where he picked up the phone without speaking . |
| 34 | He grinned when he picked up the phone to check the dialling tone . |
| 35 | She hoped he picked up the phone quickly . |
| 36 | He picked up the phone again and asked for Agnes at the Mount Row number . |
| 37 | Luce slid off his knee , and he picked up the phone and dialled . |
| 38 | He picked up the ball on the edge of his penalty area , pushed it to Ricky McAvoy who laid on the chance for McCallan to drill his shot past Wesley Lamont . |
| 39 | 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 . |
| 40 | He picked up the bird and noticed it had a ring on its leg , so he wrote down the number and passed the information on to me . |
| 41 | He picked up the correspondence and miscellaneous papers in the in-tray and quickly scanned the contents . |
| 42 | He picked up the lingo right away , but I ca n't get any kind of fix on it . |
| 43 | He picked up the newspaper and read the passage again . |
| 44 | When he was satisfied they were doing it correctly he picked up the head of the dead buffalo and carried it to the river . |
| 45 | He picked up the suncream . |
| 46 | ‘ We 'll wander back , ’ he said as he picked up the blanket and baskets , ‘ expect we 'll meet 'em coming back . ’ |
| 47 | He picked up the King in his arms and we opened the door . |
| 48 | He picked up the thread and followed it . |
| 49 | He picked up the folder and stood up , the chair scraping noisily against the concrete floor as he pushed it back . |
| 50 | He picked up the poker from the fireplace and jumped up . |
| 51 | With a sound that seemed full of pain and anger and disgust , he picked up the poker and quickly raked them out into the hearth . |
| 52 | His face did not relax as he picked up the brandy and handed it to her . |
| 53 | He picked up the red and white cloak and wrapped it around her shoulders , red side outwards . |
| 54 | He picked up the menu . |
| 55 | He picked up the canvas shoulder-bag , which was empty except for the map and a compass . |
| 56 | MARTIN LYNCH realised the wildest dream of every jump jockey when , at the 11th hour , he picked up the mount on strongly-fancied contender Cool Ground in today 's Martell Grand National at Aintree . |
| 57 | But then he picked up the rubbish bag and slung it over his shoulder . |
| 58 | A few minutes after restarting he picked up the autobahn to Salzburg . |
| 59 | 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 . |
| 60 | He picked up the paper . |