Example sentences of "he reached [adv prt] for the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 He reached over for the glass and swallowed down the rest of its contents , eyeing her malevolently .
2 He reached up for the handle , grasped it , tried to turn it once , failed , tried again and this time dropped face down over the threshold as the door swung open .
3 He reached up for the light switch .
4 As he reached out for the cheese , he heard a faint sound behind him …
5 He reached out for the book , but before Melissa could give it to him , Gebrec snatched it from her .
6 As he spoke , he reached out for the hand that was nearest to him , uncurling her fingers from the tense fist they had formed without any difficulty as the contact had its inevitable effect on her .
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