1. He is picking the surface of a millstone.

2. Picking me up when I'm down.

3. He was picking bits of fluff off his trousers.

4. Visitors were roped in for potato picking and harvesting.

5. The artist is picking in shadows in the picture.

6. She sat on the ground, picking the pictures apart.

7. Why are you picking on me?

8. The pace of economic growth is picking up.

9. Both groups on either side are just picking off innocent bystanders.

10. Stop picking your nose!

11. Molly had cringed when Ann started picking up the guitar.

12. She blenched at the thought of picking up the dead animal.

13. Have you ever seen I am picking up the missing for you in the night spring breezing in the yard full of moonlight.

14. Bob uses the van for picking up groceries.

15. Anyone who starts picking fights is out at once.

16. He discarded before picking up another card.

17. She is forever picking at the child.

18. The little birds are picking the grain.

19. The peasants were picking up in the field.

20. Her social life was picking up at last.

21. Picking your nose is a repulsive habit.

22. Picking your nose is a revolting habit.

23. She was picking at her skirt.

24. The train was gradually picking up speed.

25. I'm tired of picking up after you!/picking.html

26. The baby is picking at the bedclothes.

27. Leave the child alone; you're always picking at her.

28. Russell spoke slowly, picking his words very carefully.

29. The child refuses to eat this fruit without first picking out the stones.

30. The mother wanted her little son to get rid of the bad habit of picking at his food.

1. He is picking the surface of a millstone.

2. He was picking bits of fluff off his trousers.

3. Visitors were roped in for potato picking and harvesting.

4. The artist is picking in shadows in the picture.

5. She sat on the ground, picking the pictures apart.

6. Why are you picking on me?

7. The pace of economic growth is picking up.

8. The child refuses to eat this fruit without first picking out the stones.

9. Both groups on either side are just picking off innocent bystanders.

10. Stop picking your nose!

11. The mother wanted her little son to get rid of the bad habit of picking at his food.

12. Molly had cringed when Ann started picking up the guitar.

13. She blenched at the thought of picking up the dead animal.

14. The baby is picking at the bedclothes.

15. Leave the child alone; you're always picking at her.

16. He sat there ruminating and picking at the tablecloth.

17. The man was picking up the ground very hard.

18. The sick boy was only picking at his food.

19. Don't keep picking over our old quarrels; let's be friends again.

20. She felt that her teacher was always picking on her.

31. She circled the bedroom, picking up dirty clothes.

32. He sat there ruminating and picking at the tablecloth.

33. Snipers were picking off innocent civilians.

34. Don't keep picking over our old quarrels.

35. He's very good at picking winners .

36. The man was picking up the ground very hard.

37. She felt that her parents were picking on her.

38. The sick boy was only picking at his food.

39. Picking up a brush, Joanna parted her hair.

40. He and his mates were out picking mangoes.

41. Affleck catapulted to fame after picking up an Oscar.

42. The wind is picking up now.

43. George was just picking at his food.

44. The election campaign is picking up steam.

45. After a slack period business is now picking up.

46. The domestic market is still depressed, but demand abroad is picking up.

47. She sat there sulking and picking the pills off her sweater.

48. Soundlessly, she mimed picking up a phone and speaking into it.

49. I was picking Simon's brains about which computer to buy.

50. She was sitting at the kitchen table picking over a pile of mushrooms.

51. My mother fluttered about picking things up and putting things away.

52. She sat picking at her small plate of rice salad with an air of martyrdom.

53. Thousands of victims of the earthquake are now faced with the task of picking up the pieces of their lives.

54. Trade has been slack for the past year,but it is now picking up.

55. We've been through a bit of a bad patch,(Sentence dictionary) but things are picking up again now.

56. I spent days picking and choosing before deciding on the wallpaper and curtains.

57. In India and Bali students learn to vocalize music before ever picking up instruments.

58. They had known each other as children, and were picking up the threads of their friendship.

59. My friend likes to stroll around the flea market on the chance of picking up something of value.

60. Police are still picking through the rubble looking for clues to the cause of the explosion.

61. On a more positive note, we're seeing signs that the housing market is picking up.

62. There is no question of the tax-payer picking up the bill for the party.

63. He's deliberately picking fault with the meal to get a reduction on the bill.

64. Some of the nation's top economic forecasters say the economic recovery is picking up speed.

65. The goalkeeper spent a lot of his time picking the ball out of the back of the net.

66. The picking of the fruit, for which work they receive no money, takes about a week.

67. Make sure you bend your knees when you're picking up heavy objects.

68. Don't keep picking over our old quarrels; let's be friends again.

69. Let's deal properly with the question, instead of just picking at it.

70. He tried to undo the knot by picking at it with his fingers.

71. The kids were picking out a popular tune on the old piano.

72. A taxi was picking up a passenger outside the hotel.

73. She felt that her teacher was always picking on her.

74. As major airlines give up less-traveled routes, smaller planes are picking up the slack.

75. They ran, picking up whatever weapons came to hand .

76. Getting a taxi will save you the bother of picking me up from the station.

77. The birds live in symbiosis with the cattle, picking insects from their skin to eat.

78. She was nervously picking bits of fluff off her sweater.

79. She has a nasty habit of picking on people in meetings.

80. Socially, she's a disaster - she's always offending someone or picking a fight.

81. Do stop picking at that scab or the cut will never heal.

82. She sat at the table in silence, picking at her dinner.

83. Picking up the threads of our discussion, let's return to the topic of factory farming.

84. Trade has been slack for the past six months, but it is now picking up.

85. When it comes to picking up awards they lead the field by miles.

85. is a online sentence dictionary, on which you can find excellent sentences for a large number of words.

86. We start by picking up and examining the cube.

87. But I knew nothing about picking cotton.

88. She was picking up huge pine cones.

89. He grew up picking cotton in the same fields at the age of eight.

90. Further Work Statistical processing provides a simple, efficient method for picking the correct words based on local neighbourhood.

91. Everything was lush; the lawn needed mowing; the geraniums needed dead-heading; the runner beans needed picking.

92. A group of prisoners was carefully picking foreign bodies from a mound of rice before cooking.

93. One has elongated jaws for picking between the coral stems, another may specialise in cropping a particular kind of small crustacean.

94. Tom Hawthorne was at the Social Security office picking up paperwork for a disabled associate when the bomb exploded.

95. Examples might include cleaning out the garage or picking up litter in the neighborhood.

96. Picking the right combination for a team is one of the keys to a successful climb.

97. Start by picking up the coast path by the sea in Swanage.

98. The bus driver was late picking up the team from the hotel.

99. She trailed around the room picking up beer bottles, looking oddly like a bee with broken wings.

100. The photographers stormed the railing and took aim like a starved infantry picking off fish from a bridge.

101. He was already beginning to mouth a little of it, picking up phrases sung by the chorus, trying out phonemes.

102. Venue personality So, when you're picking the venue, remember that atmosphere will play a big part in your success.

103. She was picking his brain, but apparently he found it quite amusing.

104. But times are hard, and bands of itinerant jugglers and acrobats have gone before them, picking the villages clean.

105. He strode into the room and picking up the kettle with an old cloth he proceeded to make a pot of tea.

106. He fished out some long canvas bags from the barn and told me the picking started at dawn.

107. Her erratic gaze paused briefly on the broken nail she was picking with her other hand.

108. That means picking and choosing his skipper's games to allow him the rest he needs these days.

109. I don't mind picking up your things from the store. Besides, the walk will do me good.

110. Indications the economy may be picking up steam hurt bonds by sparking concern inflation may accelerate, eroding bonds' fixed payments.

111. Another goal in picking a running mate is to avoid selecting a candidate who might add trouble to the ticket.

112. Alpha particles are just high-energy 4He nuclei; after decelerating and picking up electrons, they become atoms of 4He.

113. She was coming from Washington State, where she had spent the summer picking apples.

114. Giles was tucking his pile of books under his arm, picking up his briefcase.

115. Wednesday night's picking would keep as fresh as berries picked on Friday,(http:///picking.html) even in the hottest weather.

116. Softbank claims that it is better at picking winners and that it is buying into a growth industry.

117. Kim has done a lot of the running around, delivering or picking up documents.

118. Cyril was picking at something inside his ear, using a paper clip.

119. He was picking crumbs from the plate when a diminutive, slope-shouldered man with a fixed, wan smile entered the room.

120. It's a good thing that when God created the rainbow he didn't consult a decorator or he would still be picking colors. Sam Levenson 

121. The consolation prize for picking four of six numbers in Lotto also is predetermined.

122. And I also learned there is more to shell collecting than picking up a few for the condo coffee table.

123. Picking up their chamois leather gloves, they joined the boys in the hall.

124. With the range of cultivated varieties now available you could be picking blackberries from August to November.

125. But the farm did make some changes in picking practices to reduce accidents.

126. Not far from her, on the stone sill, perched a redbreast, picking up the crumbs she had scattered.

127. Experience to date and motivational goal data give us our greatest chance of picking a winner.

128. The man's wife had wasted no time going through his closets picking up worn and odd pairs.

129. Kohlberg Kravis Roberts has declared its intention of buying up to 15 percent and is thought to be quietly picking up stock.

130. The Times perceives its business reality as having dozens of competitors picking away at its dermis.

131. Republicans seized control of both houses of Congress, picking up a whopping 117 House seats along the way.

132. Contrary to popular belief, Soviet economic sources provided rich picking for the researcher, as long as the right subject was chosen.

133. Keanu Reeves plays a criminal defense attorney who has an uncanny knack for picking sympathetic jurors.

134. With demand for short and medium term paper picking up, most issues registered gains of up to ￡3/4.

135. There are a lot of people who think that's what's needed to be successful is always being right, always being careful, always picking the right path. Amy Tan 

136. The main threats to the plants appear to be casual picking by admiring walkers and being dug up by serious collectors.

137. He would sit or kneel until his body ached, picking and stroking in his efforts to please her.

138. I also thought Mark Beeney was acting within in his rights in picking up Wetherall's bodged interception.

139. Tammy was also picking up on the expectations of academic life.

140. After picking up their baggage, they were greeted in the arrivals hall by excited parents.

141. He'd never had a name as a chaser and I couldn't imagine him picking a time like this to start.

142. Whenever she hits town, she enjoys picking with Rozum's fellow Summerdog alumnus Peter McLaughlin.

143. Miguel told him, picking a spot opposite the car seat for the desk.

144. Then, picking up his tomahawk, he blows out the candle and springs into bed.

145. We're probably picking up some religious broadcast from Tierra del Fuego bouncing off that new hotel Shimatzu is building.

145. try its best to collect and make good sentences.

146. Somehow we kept picking up other friends, and when we arrived home we bulged our little cabin.

147. We were going to take a bus to Bakersfield and work picking grapes.

148. But officers have voiced concern about road safety, particularly when picking children up from Victoria Road and Waverley Terrace.

149. Judy told me she was picking up a load of barley in East Grand Forks.

150. He realized he had blundered by picking such an experienced player for the team.

151. At home, she wanders around, perpetually touching and picking up things.

152. Picking his way between the groups of emigrants, he went in search of the family of Bambara cattle farmers who had befriended him.

153. Once, picking berries near a tree, she looked up and saw a bear picking berries on the other side.

154. As a youth, I recall spending hours under a broiling June sun, picking tiny wild strawberries for desserts.

155. It was Cooper picking off the ball and feeding Thompson.

156. The woman compressed her lips and resisted picking it up.

157. I pull on my swimming costume, leaving shoes behind, picking up a towel.

158. If the economy is picking up steam, the recovery may be nipped in the bud by renewed Fed tightening.

159. Errol: The teachers are for ever picking on the black boys.

160. A mild breeze was picking up, offsetting the heavy blanket of sunshine that settled on my arms.

161. Pasaret's friends describe him as being like a preppy nerd picking a fight in the toughest biker bar in town.

162. That's always seemed so ridiculous to me, that people want to be around someone because they're pretty. It's like picking your breakfast cereals based on color instead of taste. John Green 

163. It has already made behind-the-scenes preparations to share the job of picking up the pieces.

164. We can conclude this section then by picking out a number of criticisms of the scientific management approach to organisations. 1.

165. Since 1987 it has emerged as the number one buyer of privatised bus companies, picking up operators from Inverness to Hampshire.

166. The dunderheads etc wander in and out picking hungrily at the remains of a beetroot salad.

167. Boyd, broke yet another pre-election promise by picking up another county car.

168. I turn the volume low, to stop picking up snatches of conversation from next door.

169. Hope smiled and mimicked the Colonel's previous gesture including the picking up of his claret.

170. Why do you keep picking on Groove, Joel?

171. Nail biting or picking has also been linked to obsessive - compulsive disorder.

172. Lately, the president has been sacking and picking new ministers at whim.

173. They confirmed by wireless that she was picking up survivors.

174. Above all, he is a good administrator in picking able assistants and laborers.