How to use "picks" in a sentence

"That's okay," Robin says, and he picks up one of the bags and puts it on the table, "we brought our own money: twenty thousand pounds in small notes

"Not now, no," she says, and she picks up her handbag

"I know, Detective, because I am that driver." Then there is only the sound of her crying to fill the cold interview room, and Branwell sits down again and picks up his pen and notepad

He picks the bag up and puts it on his shoulder.