Example sentences of "and reached [adv prt] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He opened his eyes and reached round to find the fastener . |
| 2 | FitzAlan dismounted and reached up to lift Isabel to the ground . |
| 3 | He shivered and reached up to stroke her cheek then trace the contours of her lips with a fingertip . |
| 4 | His voice was gruff in the darkness , and she rolled her head towards him and reached up to touch his face . |
| 5 | She stood on the stool and reached up to replace it , and when she stood back down again she bent over and whispered to me , ‘ That 's a bad omen , luv . |
| 6 | Smooth and firm it had been under her own nervous touch , and she watched Miguel 's muscles , catching the sunlight as he dismounted and reached up to help her . |
| 7 | He laughed , ahead of her , and reached up to find the button . |
| 8 | She stood on tiptoe and reached up to cover the lower part of his face with her hand . |
| 9 | And as the Men broke through into his cage and reached up to grab him , and as another started to throw a net over the hole in the cage above , so Creggan flexed his wings , thrust forward and up and surged out above his friends and the Cages into the wild forbidding sky , and freedom . |
| 10 | And reached over to slide a hand along her upper arm , then down the trim length of her back . |
| 11 | ‘ Hey , ’ Vitor murmured , and reached out to put a hand on her shoulder . |
| 12 | Defries jumped to a higher ledge and reached out to touch his foot . |
| 13 | She smiled at him and reached out to touch his arm . |
| 14 | He bent down beside the stone and reached out to touch and trace the indented lettering . |
| 15 | Then suddenly Guido smiled and reached out to touch her cheek . |
| 16 | The milk sprayed into the bucket in a few short spurts and Piladu pushed the animal forward , let two heavily pregnant ewes push past him and reached out to grasp the wool of a lamb that was trying to jump the rail where the Captain and the Brigadier were leaning . |
| 17 | She quickly took down a cup and reached out to grasp the handle of the coffee pot , only to have her wrist gripped in punishing fingers . |
| 18 | The T'ang nodded and reached out to hold his son 's shoulder . |
| 19 | He saw how the boy froze — how his face grew rigid with fear — and reached out to hold his arm . |
| 20 | Hal smiled and reached out to take his hand . |
| 21 | When Seb spoke to guide her , she came unerringly to him and reached out to take his hand . |
| 22 | And when two of the men stopped laughing and looked over his head , he turned and sprang up and hurried towards her , saying , ‘ Hello , there , ’ and reached out to take her hand . |
| 23 | DeVore smiled and reached out to brush her face tenderly with the back of his hand , watching as she pushed up against it gratefully . |
| 24 | He closed the door and reached out to switch on the light , making her blink in the sudden flood of brilliant light . |
| 25 | He directed an exaggerated wink at his two sons , then dropped his voice and reached out to pat his wife 's hand on the arm of her chair . |
| 26 | She raised her face to his then , and reached out to catch his lips with her own . |
| 27 | The boy was pictured in a stilled movement that clearly represented the brief moment before he reached out and reached down to pluck the flower , a movement which would topple him over the edge to certain death . |