Example sentences of "picked up the book " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then she picked up the book of ‘ psychological correspondences ’ again and began with difficulty to read the letters . |
| 2 | Captain Robins left the saloon , I peeled a couple of the red bananas that grow wild on the islands — my dessert — and picked up the book . |
| 3 | The writer may well have assumed that most book buyers already know of the existence of a writer called Ernest Hemingway , and even if they did not before they picked up the book , they would already have seen his name on the cover before turning to read this biographical sketch inside . |
| 4 | My father picked up the Book of Remembering . |
| 5 | There was still an hour left before the classes finished , so she parked the Golf in the courtyard and picked up the book , then changed her mind and took her camera from the glove compartment instead . |
| 6 | She picked up the book and put it in her bag . |
| 7 | She picked up the book . |
| 8 | He picked up the book he was reading , and threw it violently at the rat . |
| 9 | Rupert picked up the book which lay on the little table by the fire . |
| 10 | Neil picked up the book . |
| 11 | He again eased himself out of the narrow space of the breakfast nook and went over to the kitchen counter , looked at the parcel and looked at his wife , who was now almost hysterical : He decided that he must be courageous and investigate , so he unwound the paper towels , picked up the books one by one and read their titles . |
| 12 | He picked up the books one by one , opening them at the title page , watching every movement of her pen as she signed them and commenting on the brilliance of each individual plot . |