Example sentences of "[noun] and reach for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Taylor , of Grantham , said Liam had gradually improved , and his voice choked with emotion as he described how the next afternoon his son had opened his eyes and reached for his teddy bear . |
| 2 | When he drew he put aside all other considerations and reached for the truth . |
| 3 | Schneider draped a sheet about his shoulders and reached for a pair of scissors . |
| 4 | She turned out the light and reaching for a pitchfork crept towards the tack room . |
| 5 | Well , never let it be said I disappointed a lady ! ’ he growled , coming to his knees and reaching for her . |
| 6 | She pursed her lips and reached for the next letter on the pile of personal correspondence brought in by her secretary . |
| 7 | Well , she 'd simply have to find the strength within herself to resist that power , she decided grimly , rising to her feet and reaching for the long black dress she 'd laid out earlier to change into . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm sure , ’ she muttered , getting rather unsteadily to her feet and reaching for her jacket . |
| 9 | Delaney got to his feet and reached for his Uzi . |
| 10 | The eyebrow quirked further , but fitzAlan merely rose to his feet and reached for the pack on the floor beside the bed . |
| 11 | She looked up at the books on the shelves and reached for the closest . |
| 12 | He strode to his desk and reached for the telephone . |
| 13 | George raised himself , propped his line against a bundle of reeds and reached for his flask and pack . |
| 14 | Stopping at last to move the full bucket and reach for another , Jinny heard a car come bumping up the track towards the farm . |
| 15 | The under raters need encouragement to raise their sights and reach for the apparently impossible . |
| 16 | Hatchard put down his notebook and ballpoint and reached for a cigarette . |
| 17 | He discarded Fisher 's file and reached for another . |
| 18 | Carson let the door swing behind him , hurrying through into the sitting room and reaching for the receiver . |
| 19 | She stopped treading water and reached for the rail . |
| 20 | She dropped the other gun — the little one — into the pocket of her jacket and reached for the wooden grip of the Kalashnikov . |
| 21 | As the pillager passed by its glassy protuberance , she hesitated , swallowed her natural nausea and reached for it — thereby precipitating everything else she was balancing on to the tessellated tiles and into oblivion . |
| 22 | Thank God it was n't high summer , McLeish thought , stepping back almost on to Catherine 's toes and reaching for his handkerchief ; the cold , particularly at night , would have retarded decay . |
| 23 | At the crash from the front door he came out of his chair and reached for a twelve-bore shotgun that lay on the pine table . |
| 24 | He heaved himself up from the kitchen chair and reached for his coat behind the door . |
| 25 | She indicated the white leather armchair in front of her desk , then sat down in her swivel chair and reached for the telephone . |
| 26 | She took a shaky breath and reached for the coffee-pot , an invisible shell of protective self-defence closing around her just in time . |
| 27 | She took another steadying breath and reached for the report book . |
| 28 | He drew a deep breath and reached for the tumbler of Scotch beside him . |
| 29 | An elderly lady who had once asked Franz Liszt for his autograph , felt quite faint as Fred took off his kilt and reached for the laces of his boots . |
| 30 | Are you willing to let go of the past and reach for the future ? |