Sentence examples for once picking up from inspiring English sources

Strickland recalled once picking up a hitchhiker while driving to teach a class; the man turned out to be on his way to treatment for addiction.

I remember once picking up Derek from Barts, and driving down the A21 to Washfield Nursery en route to Prospect Cottage.

I remember once picking up Derek from Barts, and as we drove down the A21 to Washfield nursery, he told me how he was becoming progressively blind...and it would not be long before all his sight was lost.

Their leading striker, meanwhile, mustered seven shots in the group stages and hit the target just once, picking up the lowest rating of any player in the team to play at least 90 minutes (6.09).

Even if Martin had been at his sharpest, mixing big returns and bigger serves with angled volleys and flat backhands, the in-form and in-style Federer would have been a handful in an arena where he was once picking up balls for the professionals instead of striking balls as a professional.

He recalls once picking up a guy in Sacramento who was "playing Manson-type mental games.

I don't know if Rick ever once picked up the phone to request a meeting".

Akon, for example, once picked up and threw an audience member at a concert.

Memory cards that were once picked up once a week will become a thing of the past.

Larry Rivers, the painter, once picked up his saxophone and surprised students with an unexpected riff.

(Mr. Printz said his wife once picked up the phone to hear: "This is Lenny.