Example sentences of "[pron] reached [adv prt] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | I reached round and got a good handful of his arse . |
| 2 | With another supreme effort I reached round and pulled the ripcord . |
| 3 | I reached round and tapped on the door . |
| 4 | I reached up and flipped off the light and lit a cigarette . |
| 5 | I felt a sharp stab in my head so I reached up and found a piece of hay stuck in my hair , it must have come from the farm . |
| 6 | Anyway , before taking my hand away I reached over and pinched the tender flesh on the inside of Karen 's leg until she moaned . |
| 7 | I reached over and ruffled his hair and this time he did n't pull away . |
| 8 | I reached over and patted her arm . |
| 9 | Most everybody in the house had gone to work , or whatever it was they did during daylight , and as I was only two feet away I reached over and slipped the lock , taking the phone receiver with me . |
| 10 | ‘ I reached out and touched her hand and she fell into my arms sobbing . |
| 11 | ‘ I reached out and touched her hand and she fell into my arms sobbing , her hands gliding pretty well all over my body ’ |
| 12 | I thought it might help if I took the flowers off him , so I reached out and lifted them carefully , holding the stem ends away from me . |
| 13 | I reached out and knocked back . |
| 14 | I reached out and touched the rough , sawn surface . |
| 15 | He was about to skip past me and hit the bomb with the piece of wood — he had already raised it above his head and made the lunge — when I reached out and caught him round the waist . |
| 16 | I reached down and picked up the empty wine bottle and smashed it to the floor . |
| 17 | I reached down and grabbed her arms , tried pulling . |
| 18 | We thank you that you sought us out and you demonstrated your great love for us , and you reached out and rescued us saved us . |
| 19 | She reached over and balanced the candle , which was dripping wax down one side . |
| 20 | On an impulse she reached over and touched his hand . |
| 21 | And as Pete was standing , she reached over and closed the scrapbook . |
| 22 | She reached over and took one , and nobody moved to stop her . |
| 23 | Smoothing down her skirt as she seated herself , she reached over and started up the secondary computer . |
| 24 | Then she reached over and gently tilted my chin up so that I had to look into her eyes . |
| 25 | She reached over and turned out the light , sick with disappointment to find she was no wiser about her identity than the night before . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | She reached up and touched his cheek . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Instinctively she reached up and gripped his hand resting on her shoulder . |
| 30 | At the doorway she reached up and slotted the new dā telo twig between the stones above the lintel . |