Sentence examples for was actually picked from inspiring English sources

And he was actually picked on by other teams, by other referees, other communities, simply because of his size.

Billed as a "Netflix Original", it was actually picked up by the streaming giant after it was ditched for release by Paramount; it was a worthy rescue mission.

However, Johnson, who was actually picked by his state legislature, did not have a career that we'd want his successors to emulate, since he died of a stroke shortly after being sworn in.

Ms. Beecher and her famous freedom-fighting family lived there from 1810 to 1825, and the house was "actually picked up and hauled away" by a team of oxen in 1878 to a site about 700 feet down the road, where it eventually became part of a dormitory for a private school, according to Mr. Saint.

"I learned that by picking up trash, I was actually picking up integrity, values, morals, knowledge, self esteem, " he said.

No one in the audience is actually picked on, although they might be invited to dance the hokey cokey while wearing a penguin mask.

It seems miraculous that so much trash is actually picked up, and that the people on the lowest level participate so energetically in this flawed system.

"Until you hear a name called with a team and he's actually picked, believe nothing, because April is liar's month in the N.F.L.," said Gil Brandt, a draft analyst.

I remember another issue during Katrina in Bayou La Batre, Alabama, where a bunch of shrimp boats had been actually picked up by the water and forced back into the woods.

For instance, you can know that 'I' always refers to the speaker whenever it is uttered without knowing the nature of the person who is actually picked (e.g., what it takes to be Barack Obama in any possible world).

The list shows whether the photos and video submissions were actually picked up by Snapchat curators.