Sentence examples for alone picking from inspiring English sources

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Lights black out and return; another man stands alone, picking up the thread of the dance on the bare stage.

Similarly, romantically primed women volunteered for activities such as working in a shelter for the homeless, rather than spending an afternoon alone picking up rubbish in a park.

The United States, however, preferred to act alone, picking allied units in "coalitions of the willing" to go to war in Afghanistan.

It is dense with hurried young epicures and hedonists, in pairs or alone, picking up dinner on the run — chili-lime shrimp ($36.75/lb)., Italian tuna ($12.50/lb)., grilled vegetables ($14/lb).

There is more fatuous wittering from McDonald's, which even has the nerve to attempt a tone of wronged outrage, saying that "in 2009 we spent over £2m on staff labour alone" picking up ­litter.

It is dense with hurried young epicures and hedonists, in pairs or alone, picking up dinner on the run — chili-lime shrimp ($36.75/lb)., Italian tuna ($12.50/lb)., grilled vegetables ($14/lb).

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A fair achievement for anyone, let alone pick 63 in the 2012 Rookie Draft.

They've already done the big ones – series two alone picked off A Scandal in Bohemia, The Hound of the Baskervilles and The Final Problem – but there are plenty left to plunder.

Yup, that's a student company winning a Fringe First for a production of an extant play – work that wouldn't even be considered for review any more, let alone pick up awards.

Records from the city's Department of Parks and Recreation show that park rangers alone picked up 30 abandoned dogs in Prospect Park last year, more than they handled in all the other parks in Brooklyn, Manhattan, Staten Island and the Bronx combined.

"We have a long way to go to hold onto the seats we gained last time, let alone pick up many more.

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