Example sentences of "he reached for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He reached for a more conventional musical palette , strings and woodwinds . |
| 2 | He reached for a can . |
| 3 | He reached for a corner of my apron . |
| 4 | Later , seated dizzily at the desk in his study , he reached for a piece of paper to write some orders for the defence of the banqueting hall . |
| 5 | He reached for a bunch of thick white stalks with plump purple bulbs . |
| 6 | Panels lit up and he reached for a number of X-ray plates which he attached to the luminescent plastic . |
| 7 | He reached for a sheet of paper , picked up a pen and began writing . |
| 8 | He reached for a half loaf of bread with both hands and said , by the six hairs of his grandmother 's beard , they were doing very well out of all this . |
| 9 | " But there was a time long ago when the cassowary could fly as well as the bower-bird. " the old man rumbled as he reached for a sweetcorn in the cinders . |
| 10 | He reached for a cigarette and lit it . |
| 11 | He reached for a towel . |
| 12 | He reached for a cup and poured himself coffee . |
| 13 | He reached for a piece of notepaper . |
| 14 | And he looks a lot better for the change , although I have to tell you that by the time I had grilled him for an hour and tested him out on the snooker table I did notice that he reached for a cigarette . |
| 15 | Stimulated by Gould 's remarks , he reached for a piece of paper lying near to hand — presumably one that was being drawn on by one of the zoological draughtsmen working at the Society at the time — and proceeded to write on the reverse side of the drawing . |
| 16 | ‘ That 's where you 're wrong , ’ I said as he reached for a pen . |
| 17 | ‘ It 's just — ’ he reached for a paperclip to fiddle with — ‘ I — we 've been thinking . |
| 18 | ‘ Ice ? ’ he enquired , as he reached for a glass and Shiona seated herself in one of the armchairs . |
| 19 | He reached for the CV while Catherine Crane busied herself systematically with her papers . |
| 20 | He reached for the door but failed to find it . |
| 21 | He reached for the tea-pot . |
| 22 | Instead he reached for the whisky bottle . |
| 23 | Maggie braced herself as he reached for the top of the blanket , which he then drew down to reveal a corpse 's face . |
| 24 | He reached for the telephone and when he was connected spoke down it briskly in German . |
| 25 | He reached for the phone , placing the folder back on the table . |
| 26 | He arched her roughly forward so that her head was crushed against his stomach , her face just inches from his groin as he reached for the hands bound behind her back . |
| 27 | He reached for the engine control and turned it up to full power . |
| 28 | He reached for the phone and pressed the ‘ call ’ button . |
| 29 | But even as he reached for the man he lost his footing . |
| 30 | He reached for the lamp a second time , feeling the bed shake as the harridan prepared to make her escape . |