Example sentences of "picked [adv] [num] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She picked up one of the wire baskets that were stacked outside the supermarket and gave him a selfconscious , defiant stare . |
| 2 | Then , at random almost , she picked up one of the other cuttings , which showed Harriet Shakespeare 's plain , squashed face looking white and distraught and pitiful as she leaned against a friend 's arm . |
| 3 | Mrs Lennox crossed over and picked up one of the loaves . |
| 4 | He took a deep breath , coughed yet again , and picked up one of the sheets of paper before him . |
| 5 | I picked up one of the cloths and helped her . |
| 6 | I idly picked up one of the leaflets which had two pictures on its cover ; the first illustration showed a happy black family , all neatly dressed and reading books around a table that was filled with platefuls of food and with jugs labelled ‘ milk ’ . |
| 7 | Hussa arrived with her mother and while Shama eased herself on to the carpet and settled against a cushion , Hussa picked up one of the newspapers which a driver brought from the village each morning . |
| 8 | I picked up one of the old models for a good price , but the new style is still reasonable . |
| 9 | He sat down at the bench and picked up one of the patterns Hari had made on paper . |
| 10 | Duncan stood back , against the wall , as Myeloski picked up one of the wooden chairs and pulled it up to the cot . |
| 11 | She sat at the table , picked up one of the pens , and began work . |
| 12 | Shales picked up one of the newspapers in front of him and pitched it down the table in Dowd 's direction . |
| 13 | He bent to look at the fastening , then picked up one of the white stones and struck ; the glass tinkled thinly , a horrible sound . |
| 14 | Annoyed , she picked up one of the cans — and dropped it again . |
| 15 | Henry Condell picked up one of the papers from the table . |
| 16 | He put the chart down and picked up one of the books . |
| 17 | Bob picked up one of the knives laid out for dinner and scored along the grain of the table with it . |
| 18 | She picked up one of the coins to look more closely and , in doing so , sent a ten pence piece spinning and rolling against the floorboards . |
| 19 | One day he picked up one of the elongated putters used to such devastating effect on the fabulously rich US Seniors ' Tour by such as Orville Moody , a notoriously fragile performer on the greens until he turned 50 . |
| 20 | So we picked up one of the little floaters provided at the port , and went exploring . |
| 21 | With a swift movement he picked up one of the Lal Khals and kissed it on its head . |
| 22 | She picked up one of the crumpled scraps of paper and began staring fixedly at the pictures on it . |
| 23 | He picked up one of the bundles and walked away quickly . |
| 24 | Without changing his position , Jacob reached between himself and the woman and picked up one of the tankards , holding it out to Seb . |
| 25 | He picked up one of the envelopes and held it up to the light : the watermark showed the heraldic hybrid with which he was becoming familiar , with the wings of an eagle and the body of a lion . |
| 26 | She picked up one of the chairs . |
| 27 | He picked up one of the ashtrays and sat down in an armchair , crossing his legs and balancing it on his knee . |
| 28 | He picked up one of the newspapers and began reading . |
| 29 | Secure in the knowledge that she was no longer quite so helpless , Luce relaxed and picked up one of the magazines , which fluttered open . |
| 30 | They also picked up two of the three extra seats on Castlereagh council , boosting their party strength to five . |