Example sentences of "[pers pn] picked up a book " in BNC.
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| 1 | I picked up a book , but put it down again and began looking at a tiny red spider on the leaf of a geranium , ad lost count of time . |
| 2 | She picked up a book and stared at the firelight , hoping that Finn might get bitten by something slightly venomous . |
| 3 | She picked up a book from her stall and browsed . |
| 4 | He picked up a book and slapped the dust off it . |
| 5 | When he returned to the room downstairs , he picked up a book that Lord Henry had lent him . |
| 6 | While Dorian waited , he picked up a book and tried to read . |
| 7 | He picked up a book and aimed it at the rat . |
| 8 | He picked up a book on juggling which his daughter had brought home , and 4 months later he 's teaching others . |