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Meanings of picking up stones in English

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Usage of picking up stones in English
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A few of the smaller boys and girls began picking up stones.
Genesis
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Elodin strolled along, picking up stones and tossing them into the trees.
The Name of the Wind
3
Ms Ayliffe-Chung was picking up stones on a sugar cane plantation.
News.com.au
4
They also liked picking up stones and pebbles, which they hoarded under their beds.
The Irish Times
5
I got up and went out to the soft shoulder and began picking up stones.
Rage
6
Everyone was this close to picking up stones out of the gravel and hurling them.
News.com.au
7
Jessie went about picking up stones from among the snow, when suddenly an exclamation escaped her.
The Pilots of Pomona: A Story of the Orkney Islands
8
He was picking up stones as he ran.
Gordon Keith
9
So some guys started picking up stones.
The Guardian
10
While he was picking up stones, the spider had reached Bombur, and soon he would have been dead.
The hobbit: or there and back again
11
He went around the lawn then, picking up stones and bricks and putting them into a cloth sack.
I Am Legend
12
The job was tough, consisting of eight-hour days picking up stones from between rows of crops to stop them interfering with machinery.
News.com.au
13
Jamal stood at the edge of the water, letting the waves splash over his ankles, picking up stones and throwing them in.
Flesh and blood
14
Lemulquinier sprang to his feet and threatened the crowd with his cane; they all ran to a little distance, picking up stones and mud.
The Alkahest
15
Ere fifty yards are covered the mob come pouring through the gate, yelling like demons and picking up stones as they hurry after us.
Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II / From Teheran To Yoko...
16
For the next two weeks the field presented the spectacle of a continuous "bee" of boys, picking up stones, ploughing, harrowing, and planting.
Famous Americans of Recent Times
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