Example sentences of "reached for [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Early in their walk she had handed him the usual tenpenny piece , and now she heard a faint tinkle and watched while he stuck his candle in the socket , and reached for the matches in their brass holder . |
| 2 | William sighed as he reached for the matches to relight his pipe . |
| 3 | I reached for the matches , and lit a spill . |
| 4 | With a dozen spills to hand , I reached for the matches in my pouch . |
| 5 | When the phone was in its cradle , Jessica reached for the clothes she had discarded . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | She reached for the keys . |
| 8 | Miguel smoothed back his hair over his ears , put on the dark glasses , and reached for the keys to the jeep . |
| 9 | Instead he took a curtain call , and at the last minute before he was to slide behind the curtains behind the bar , he reached for the flowers thrown to him earlier and broke off some of the roses , swaggering round the circle of admirers handing out the roses to the women . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Then , finally , hands quivering slightly , she reached for the contents . |
| 12 | Hitch reached for the binoculars and peered through them . |
| 13 | The Toronto Sunday Star reached for the superlatives with the release of his 1987 LP Road to Bayamon : ‘ A stinky travelogue of carny lust and human sorrow that reveals a literate and keen-eyed songsmith , one who seems inclined to suss out small truths rather than indulge in epic pretensions . ’ |
| 14 | He said they would all be wanting to study the designs the minute Balor had cleared away breakfast and Bith at once reached for the knapsacks , and said he hoped Flaherty had not spilled jam on the drawing of the four-pronged diadem and Flaherty , injured , said indeed he had not and it the best damson jam he had ever tasted . |