Example sentences of "[pron] reached for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Waking bright and early the next morning I reached for a copy of Delicacy as the most economical means of establishing whether I was still alive . |
| 2 | I reached for a packet of Gauloises , tore open the corner and offered them to him . |
| 3 | I reached for the thick directory . |
| 4 | I reached for The Mayor of Casterbridge which I knew was somewhere in the bed . |
| 5 | So I reached for the senator 's hand , and thereby couched my lance to face the dragon 's fire . |
| 6 | As I reached for the fallen picture he said to me , ‘ That door 's gooin' ter fall off its 'inges one of these times . ’ |
| 7 | I reached for the matches , and lit a spill . |
| 8 | With a dozen spills to hand , I reached for the matches in my pouch . |
| 9 | I reached for the shaker . |
| 10 | I closed my eyes in reverence as I chewed then as I reached for the pint pot again I looked up at the small figure on the bin . |
| 11 | Delicately I reached for the telephone . |
| 12 | I reached for the teapot ; it was warm and brightened my day even more . |
| 13 | Fortunately the aircraft maintained a perfect climbing attitude while I tried to sort it out , I reached for the elevator trim wheel ; one glance told me it was in the normal position . |
| 14 | ‘ Maybe , ’ he said , sitting on her side of the bed as she reached for a woman 's magazine , ‘ maybe I 'm gay ! ’ |
| 15 | Once or twice , Jack had casually goosed her as she reached for a file . |
| 16 | Picking the glass away from the display , she reached for a squirter of morph-plus . |
| 17 | At which she reached for a bottle of whisky called Old Rarity . |
| 18 | She reached for a sip of water . |
| 19 | Impatiently she reached for a tissue and wiped it off . |
| 20 | flesh of her upper arm hung down when she reached for a cigarette , but it scarcely mattered . |
| 21 | She reached for a tissue to dab at the moisture welling in her eyes . |
| 22 | She reached for a pair of glasses but I did n't think it was because she was dazzled by my teeth . |
| 23 | She reached for a stethoscope . |
| 24 | Her hand shook slightly as she reached for a swab , and the child began to whimper as she gently began trying to clear the affected area in order to get a better look . |
| 25 | With a gesture of annoyance , she reached for a rope of jet beads and fastened it around her neck . |
| 26 | She reached for a cotton wool bud , grimacing into the mirror at the reflection of the young woman standing behind her . |
| 27 | She reached for an old brass key . |
| 28 | Bad days she reached for the neck of the nearest bottle , never quite drunk , never quite sober , maundering on to Francis about the impossibility of love . |
| 29 | She reached for the back of Nina 's ripped jacket , but only managed to get a handful of hair . |
| 30 | Despising herself for her weakness she reached for the telephone , dialling Nick 's number . |