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151. Acting on impulse, he picked up the keys and slipped them into his pocket.
152. I idly picked up a magazine and flicked through it.
153. The design of the house had a pleasing symmetry, its oblong shape being picked up in its elongated windows.
154. I'm not feeling well, I must have picked up a bug somewhere.
155. In the sentence 'He picked a book off the shelf and handed it to Sally, 'book' is the antecedent of 'it'.
156. He picked up the sheets of paper, and balled them tightly in his fists.
157. A witness picked him out of an identification parade as the robber.
158. She picked up a new magazine with her free hand.
159. She picked herself up, brushed herself down, and started walking again.
160. The policeman followed the thieves until they actually picked up the jewels, when he caught them in the act.
161. She picked up the knife and cut into the meat.
162. He picked on two of her statements which he said were untrue.
163. The child picked up the box and tipped the toys out all over the floor.
164. I picked up her wrist. It was limp and flaccid.
165. She picked up the receiver and put it to her ear.
166. His spirits picked up when he got the good news.
167. One of my sisters has been picked for the Olympic team.
168. He picked up the newspaper and flipped straight to the sports pages.
169. He picked up the hot metal with a pair of tongs.
170. A sniper behind the bushes picked off three of our men.
171. I picked up a piece of wood and started carving.
172. She picked up the phone but there was an ominous silence at the other end.
173. She picked up Spanish when she was living in Mexico.
174. I picked up a bit of information that might interest you.
175. The Coast Guard picked up a distress signal from a freighter 50 miles out at sea.
176. Reading is not picked up by a process of osmosis(Sentencedict.com)[sentencedict.com], but needs to be taught.
177. The name is picked out in gold letters over the shop-front.
178. John picked a fight with Jack and came off worst.
179. He picked up the knife and plunged it in her heart.
180. The film picked up awards for best director and best original score.