Example sentences of "up [art] book and " in BNC.
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| 1 | The distinguished thespian wanders on , picks up the book and begins to read a letter from Wilfred Owen to Siegfried Sassoon or , perhaps , David Owen to Vidal Sassoon . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's a famous one , ’ Miss Honey said , picking up the book and returning to her table in front of the class . |
| 3 | In each case , the wizard must pick up the book and caress it for a minimum of 1 hour . |
| 4 | He leaned back , then took up the book and began to read again , letting Lao Tzu 's words — words more than two and a half thousand years old — wash over the sleeping boy and bring him ease . |
| 5 | She picked up the book and put it in her bag . |
| 6 | The issue is even more complicated in the world of sound recording , because we can not pick up a record and listen to it in the same way that we can pick up a book and read it . |
| 7 | How can you all believe in that sort of thing ! ’ she said , picking up a book and pretending to read it . |
| 8 | He had picked up a book and was standing there , reading it with great concentration — just as if he were in his own armchair at home . |
| 9 | She picked up a book and stared at the firelight , hoping that Finn might get bitten by something slightly venomous . |
| 10 | He picked up a book and slapped the dust off it . |
| 11 | While Dorian waited , he picked up a book and tried to read . |
| 12 | So I take up a book and try to read . |
| 13 | Moore picked up a book and pretended to throw it . |
| 14 | He picked up a book and aimed it at the rat . |