1 He said they would pick her up.
2 She drew on her gloves, and Robert picked up his hat.
3 When alone she sometimes picked it up and kissed the cold glass passionately.
4 She went on picking the leaves and digging around the plants with her hat pin.
5 But as that lady had not been apprised of his intention of picking her up, she was not at home.
6 And there she stayed, and stooped, digging around the plants, trimming, picking dead, dry leaves.
7 The window frame was filled with pots of flowers, and she sat and picked the dry leaves from a rose geranium.
8 She was growing interested in her occupation of picking out the aria, when there was a second rap at the door.
9 "You used to carry your tobacco in a rubber pouch," said Edna, picking up the pouch and examining the needlework.
10 She had forced herself to eat most of her soup, and now she was picking the flaky bits of a court bouillon with her fork.
11 Edna seated herself at the piano, and softly picked out with one hand the bars of a piece of music which lay open before her.
12 They went together, picking their way across muddy streets and sidewalks encumbered with the cheap display of small tradesmen.
13 She stood on the front veranda as he quitted the house, and absently picked a few sprays of jessamine that grew upon a trellis near by.
14 If one of the little Pontellier boys took a tumble whilst at play, he was not apt to rush crying to his mother's arms for comfort; he would more likely pick himself up, wipe the water out of his eyes and the sand out of his mouth, and go on playing.