Example sentences of "reach [adv prt] [conj] [verb] up [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sleepily a hand reaches out and picks up the receiver . |
| 2 | I reached down and picked up the empty wine bottle and smashed it to the floor . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 ? ’ |
| 5 | Smoothing down her skirt as she seated herself , she reached over and started up the secondary computer . |
| 6 | Now he reached out and picked up a pheasant wing which he proceeded to eat . |
| 7 | McGowan reached out and picked up the mask . |