Example sentences of "picked [pn reflx] up " in BNC.

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1 That event & 's separation in the same year blighted by retirement … but is now divorced & we 've all brushed ourselves down & picked ourselves up again ! ) )
2 Vincent picked himself up slowly and rubbed his ribs .
3 Alec picked himself up and raced for the door .
4 Jack picked himself up painfully .
5 Stewart was sent off 18 minutes from the end of a niggly clash for foolishly slapping Apollon keeper Michalis Christophi across the head as he picked himself up from an innocent penalty-area collision .
6 He picked himself up .
7 ‘ What an extraordinarily wild animal ! ’ said Van Cheele as he picked himself up .
8 But when he picked himself up he was shivering in the darkness .
9 He slowly picked himself up .
10 He picked himself up and breasted another mound .
11 He picked himself up and staggered down a corridor .
12 He picked himself up , roaring with rage , and , before I could stop him , whipped out his dagger and gave Master Ferrebourg a nasty gash across his chest whilst lifting the purse from his belt .
13 ‘ Three or four goes should make up the mind for her , ’ said Raimundo evilly , as Perdita picked herself up off the dusty ground .
14 Anabelle picked herself up and dusted herself off .
15 Apparently she then picked herself up and in fact ran from the scene but Mrs did n't stop and did n't make enquiries as to who the girl was and neither was the matter reported by her to the police in due course .
16 Angrily , Bernice picked herself up and went off down the winding path .
17 When at last she fell , she waited , lying expectant on the stones , before , in a small anguish of disappointment she picked herself up .
18 Grimma picked herself up from the plank and nervously started to pick bits of rust off herself .
19 After some time , when the ground had stopped shaking , the nomes picked themselves up and stared blearily at one another .
20 The driver , swearing loudly as his passengers picked themselves up from the floor and out of each other 's laps , opened the front door and jumped down to see what had happened to Adam .
21 Quickly , I picked myself up and ran for my life through the trees .
22 I got out of bed gah ! — and then picked myself up off the floor .
23 A cow once kicked me nearly to the other end of the byre and as I picked myself up the farmer said unemotionally , " Aye , she 's allus had a habit o' that . "
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