21.   There was just one lock, and I picked my way through it with ease.

22.   They picked their way through broken pieces of furniture, their feet crunching across splintered glass and wood.

23.   We pick our way across the cement floor and into the battered portacabin.

24.   She picked her way between the puddles.

25.   He picked his way down the narrow staircase.

26.   The girls were afraid of snakes and picked their way along with extreme caution.

27.   The guests of the hotel were picking their way gingerly along the front towards the conference centre.

28.   In picking their way through these priorities, local managers lacked the benefit of being able to rely on the NCC and SEAC working in harmony.

29.   I picked my way through the narrow streets where the old bent buildings leaned together for warmth.

30.   The man shambled off into the house, and the rest of us picked our way across the front garden.