Example sentences of "reach [adv prt] [conj] [verb] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sleepily a hand reaches out and picks up the receiver . |
| 2 | He reached in and took out the Beretta , cradling it in his hand , working the slide . |
| 3 | With a groan that seemed to come from the bottom of the earth , Luke reached down and tore away the lacy silk that covered her . |
| 4 | I reached down and picked up the empty wine bottle and smashed it to the floor . |
| 5 | Colonel Feather had then expressed a worry that children could easily reach over and scoop up a fingerful of frosting , perhaps spoiling someone 's chances , so he and Mr Doran — the latter complaining mightily about his lumbago — had moved the cakes to the back of the table . |
| 6 | Aware of their vanity and dread of baldness , he would reach over and lift up a lock of hair , saying , ‘ A little more brain showing today ? ’ |
| 7 | Smoothing down her skirt as she seated herself , she reached over and started up the secondary computer . |
| 8 | She reached over and turned out the light , sick with disappointment to find she was no wiser about her identity than the night before . |
| 9 | Agnes did not make the mistake now of asking her customer how much he intended to spend on the acid drops ; she reached up and took down the jar and , tilting it , tipped some acid drops into the scale ; then , putting the glass lid back onto the jar , she returned the whole to the shelf before once again blowing into a small paper bag and depositing the sweets inside . |
| 10 | And she reached up and rubbed out the two upright strokes , replacing them with diagonal ones leaning in and touching each other at the top . |
| 11 | Howard reached back and pulled out a double-barrelled shotgun . |
| 12 | Connors looked at him intently through the smoke haze as he reached out and switched on a tape recorder . |
| 13 | Lucenzo reached out and pushed back the tress of copper hair which had fallen over her forehead , and she trembled at the sensual drift of his fingers over her face . |
| 14 | Now he reached out and picked up a pheasant wing which he proceeded to eat . |
| 15 | McGowan reached out and picked up the mask . |
| 16 | Transferring my gun to my left hand , I reach over and turn off the grill . |
| 17 | Amazed at her own daring , she watched herself reach out and flip off the ignition switch . |