The boy picked up a small piece of steel and a workman's tool,a hammer.

VOA: special.2009.02.21

Then he took the gloves off both hands and picked up all the matches.

VOA: special.2010.05.01

The men in it said they had picked up a man and a baby.

VOA: special.2009.06.06

Giovanni picked up the flowers he had bought and threw them down to her.

VOA: special.2009.05.23

He picked up a book of Plath's poems and began to read.

VOA: special.2010.04.05

He picked up her picture and held it before my eyes.

VOA: special.2009.07.04

So,he picked up their hammers and began doing their work.

VOA: special.2009.02.21

that I picked up at Crazy Eddie's last month.

VOA: special.2009.04.27

Joe picked up his hat and his guitar.

VOA: special.2009.07.04

Keesh picked up a thin piece of whalebone.

VOA: special.2011.03.12

The three men picked up their hats.

VOA: special.2010.05.29

"I picked up a Reader's Digest, and there I read that for $100 million the World Health Organization had eradicated small pox."

VOA: standard.2010.08.02

Shahzad reportedly told police he picked up $4,000 from this Dunkin Donuts shop outside of New York City.

VOA: standard.2010.05.18

But long before Fiedler picked up the baton, the Boston Pops had carved out a niche, bringing light orchestral music to wide audiences.

VOA: standard.2010.07.28