She went to a wall phone and lifted the receiver.
Moving to a phone on an end table next to the love seat, he lifted the receiver.
He'd lifted the receiver and there had been no answer.
He lifted the receiver again and called the local police.
I lifted the receiver and put it right back down.
But when he lifted the receiver, the line was dead.
He turned and went back to the phone, lifted the receiver.
By the time she lifted the receiver he was almost in the house.
I lifted the receiver with my right hand, which hurt.
Richard moved to the phone, lifted the receiver and asked for the number.
Part of him wanted to pick up the phone and call, but he never found the will to do so.
Why didn't she just pick up the phone and ask?
Everyone knows how to pick up the phone and make a call.
Through the window, she saw him pick up the phone.
But he didn't pick up the phone when she left.
She can't wait to get home and pick up the phone.
But he does not plan to pick up the phone first.
She could pick up the phone and make a call.
In fact I might just pick up the phone and order one now.
If only I could get him to pick up the phone.
Without a word to me, he picked up the receiver.
He picked up the receiver and did not speak for quite a while.
For some reason, she looked at her watch, and then went into the living room to pick up the receiver.
He had to will himself to pick up the receiver.
Finally he heard someone pick up the receiver on the other end.
Still, she couldn't bring herself to pick up the receiver.
He went to the phone and picked up the receiver.
She turned away from him and picked up the receiver.
"We called the police, and they would not even pick up the receiver."
She would have picked up the receiver if she'd been able to think of anyone who could help.