1. He was hand-picked for this job by the Admiral.

2. The grapes are hand-picked and pressed.

3. Oblivious, Mr Straw exchanged pleasantries with hand-picked prisoners.

4. He had a hand-picked team whose sole function was to do just that.

5. King Richard the Lionhearted and his bodyguard of hand-picked knights.

6. He had made it his business to surround himself with a hand-picked group of bright young officers.

7. Majestic grace is matched with brute strength ... Each horse is hand-picked for its temperament and skill.

8. And, National Geographic and the Washington Post recently partnered with Gowalla to offer hand-picked tours.

9. There may be reasons you want to pick and choose recommendations; however, be aware that the performance benefit of your hand-picked set is unknown.

10. On Friday at the Valdai club, Mr. Putin ruled out competing against Mr. Medvedev, his hand-picked Kremlin successor, in Russia's 2012 presidential elections.sentencedict .com

11. However, just because passengers elected him does not mean they will blindly accept his hand-picked navigators and engineers.

12. We confirm having sold you 50 metric tons of groundnuts, hand-picked, shelled and ungraded.

1. He was hand-picked for this job by the Admiral.