1.   A Siamese cat picks its way among the confusion of London Library volumes lying open on the table.

2.   As she tried to pick her way over frozen puddles, she regretted her Decision to wear high heels instead of boots.

3.   Delaney unbuckled his webbing and stood up, picking his way forward past the life rafts racked ready for the drop.

4.   Every now and again rescue teams of young people would pick their way downhill with a bandaged pilgrim on a stretcher.

5.   He beamed the flashlight ahead and picked his way around the huge bale of rusted wire.

6.   He picked his way along the muddy track to where he had left his car.

7.   I picked my way through the noisy tables and went into the Gents.

8.   I picked my way through the remains of the cat biryani strewed across the floor.

9.   Medieval travellers usually had to pick a way over boggy ground as they came off the hills.