Example sentences of "she picked [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She picked up her pen and rested its point on the page . |
| 2 | She picked up the bag that held the can of red spray paint and left the living room in silence . |
| 3 | She picked up the alarm clock , three large cushions and a blanket , went into the kitchen and closed the door firmly behind her . |
| 4 | She picked up a pen , and started to write , in English . |
| 5 | She picked up London Labour and the London Poor , Henry Mayhew , and began to read . |
| 6 | Then she picked up her internal telephone and , very civilly , asked Clare if she could spare her half an hour or so — yes , before the meeting ; yes , as soon as possible . |
| 7 | She picked up one of the wire baskets that were stacked outside the supermarket and gave him a selfconscious , defiant stare . |
| 8 | She picked up the phone . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | She picked up the stick and hurled it , skimming it low over the shallow pools left by the tide . |
| 11 | Clarissa did n't want to make too much fun of him because she knew he was serious , so she picked up her glass , filled by the waiter from the fresh bottle . |
| 12 | She picked up a sleek length of smoked silver . |
| 13 | When we started filming she was very shy but she got better as she went along and she picked up confidence . |
| 14 | She picked up her cigarettes and matches . |
| 15 | Then she picked up the book of ‘ psychological correspondences ’ again and began with difficulty to read the letters . |
| 16 | She picked up Memories & Hallucinations and idly turned the pages . |
| 17 | In the living room she picked up a couple of wine glasses from the floor and set them down on a coffee table . |
| 18 | She picked up a handful of cotton fluff and pulled at it . |
| 19 | ‘ Well ! ’ she picked up her petition and rolled it swiftly inside the poster advertizing a reward for the return of the black slave . |
| 20 | By the age of 10 she was playing whist , and two years later , while holidaying with an uncle in the Netherlands , she picked up bridge . |
| 21 | She picked up the earpiece . |
| 22 | She picked up a small piece of paper lying beside her and began turning it over and over in her fingers . |
| 23 | ‘ Well , come along , come along , Miss Quinn , ’ Dr. Briant said , using the bright rallying voice he always did when speaking to her , and obediently she picked up the baby and carried him to the scales . |
| 24 | There is , of course , no elegant way to accomplish this and the poor woman was greeted with gales of laughter when she picked up her cob and began to eat . |
| 25 | A Liberty scarf was wrapped round her head and she picked up a travelling case . |
| 26 | They sat down and as always , Rachel bowed her head in a silent moment before she picked up her fork and began to eat her Gefillte Fish . |
| 27 | Running into the glade , she picked up Rosalind 's letter and folded it back into its envelope , which she saw to her dismay had been badly torn by the man 's rough handling of it . |
| 28 | She picked up her two large suitcases and walked through the small cool ticket office on to the station forecourt . |
| 29 | The Moon was so angry with the hare 's evasions that she picked up a hatchet to chop off his head , but missed her aim and cut the hare on the mouth . |
| 30 | As soon as she picked up the receiver I 'd say , ‘ It 's Robina , ’ and then cut off . |