Example sentences of "picked [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it has to be said , he wrote , that its opposite , a feeling of elation , equally physical , equally extra-physical , has also been a constant feature of my life , manifesting itself regularly though impossible to predict , a reeling in the chest this time , the chest and perhaps the throat , a feeling of the heart leaping and the blood pumping , it came when I first took up a brush and made a mark on paper , it came when I picked up the first readymade and felt it transformed by that very action , it came when Madge rang to say she could not go on , when Annie wrote to say she was not coming back , when the idea of the glass first popped into my head . |
| 2 | He picked up the telephone . |
| 3 | She picked up the bag that held the can of red spray paint and left the living room in silence . |
| 4 | She moved her glass , picked up the brochure and leafed through it , studying pictures of happy couples . |
| 5 | She rushed back to the living room and picked up the snaps . |
| 6 | He rose , walked round the table and picked up the skein . |
| 7 | She picked up the alarm clock , three large cushions and a blanket , went into the kitchen and closed the door firmly behind her . |
| 8 | I picked up the Evening News from one of the street sellers and looked through its entertainment pages . |
| 9 | While the sleepers ran empty , BR picked up the hard-pressed nocturnal travellers with a new cheapo ‘ Nightrider ’ using spare first-class coaches with fluorescent lighting encased in soothing blue plastic . |
| 10 | He picked up the Bren gun , I collected the ammunition and we made our way out of the orchard . |
| 11 | ‘ Glad you enjoyed it , Taff , ’ I answered as we both climbed out of the trench , picked up the Bren and the ammunition and made our way along the road in the direction of the orchard . |
| 12 | The correspondent of The Times in Riga , with access to both current Western and Soviet sources , picked up the discrepant views of M. Litvinov at the Hague and L. Krasin , the Commissar for Trade in Moscow . |
| 13 | The phone went on ringing , and finally , irritated , she stumbled off the bed and picked up the receiver from the floor where Phoebe usually left the phone . |
| 14 | Having collected the mail and picked up the following day 's patrol tasks , the vehicles arrive and we return to Rosemount for lunch . |
| 15 | Erika picked up the phone and through a barrage of crackles heard a smooth voice . |
| 16 | Omi picked up the phone , said ‘ Karl ’ a couple of times , then frowned at Frau Nordern . |
| 17 | He threw his dressing gown casually on the chair and — with never a glance at Arty — jumped between the sheets , picked up the newspaper from the floor beside the bed , opened it out and peered over the top , his ears tuned to the conversation . |
| 18 | He lifted his hands in a helpless gesture , then , letting them drop , he picked up the next chart . |
| 19 | In 1955 the company picked up the film rights to a popular sci-fi TV series . |
| 20 | Having given them the song , it was a hit and that 's when Tony DeFries picked up the management . |
| 21 | In 1981 , when he was known to be seriously ill , Henry Fonda was voted Best Actor for On Golden Pond : his daughter and ( co-star ) Jane picked up the Oscar for him , and he died just five months later . |
| 22 | Philip picked up the carrier bag . |
| 23 | Philip picked up the armful of sticks he 'd gathered and walked across to his hide . |
| 24 | Philip picked up the roll of wire and nipped off a length with the cutters . |
| 25 | He picked up the lop-sided contraption that was meant to be his pheasant trap . |
| 26 | Philip picked up the roll of wire from beside the hide and clipped off a good length of wire . |
| 27 | She picked up the phone . |
| 28 | Philip picked up the bag , checking for holes . |
| 29 | Mrs Wright waved her gun at him and Caspar charged past her , picked up the dead magpie and disappeared . |
| 30 | Lee held on to Caspar who was pulling , while Philip bolted the door , forcing it , and picked up the torch that Lee had dropped . |