Example sentences of "reach for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a physical presence , Lanegan is oddly compelling for a man who clings solemnly to the mic stand throughout , breaking off only occasionally to reach for a glass or perform his quaint little bop routine at the outset of ‘ Nearly Lost You ’ , another gast-flabbering newie . |
| 2 | Feeling reflective and pensive we are more likely to reach for a sensitive ultramarine or restful cobalt than a stinging chrome yellow or vivid lime . |
| 3 | He was sitting just a matter of inches away , when he moved to reach for a coffee-cup she caught the smell of freshly washed hair , and her fingers itched with the memory of tangling themselves in those jet-black waves . |
| 4 | Deer nosing through the far undergrowth , always standing in clearings you can never hope to reach for the ensnaring , chest-high coils of bramble . |
| 5 | On December 29th Richard Gephardt , majority leader in the House , said that if the president waged war without a congressional resolution , ‘ Congress has to reach for the only tool left to it , which is to cut off the funding of the war . ’ |
| 6 | Trotting after her , Frankie automatically rubbed his hand on his trousers before daring to reach for the gloved hand she offered . |
| 7 | In fact they spend so much time flying head first into burns , one would have thought they could save even more time by simply opening their mouths and taking on water without the inconvenience of having to reach for the day-glo bottle . |
| 8 | I tried to reach for the phone to ring Howard , but my arm refused to move . |
| 9 | ‘ But there comes a time when I have to reach for the sleeping tablets . |
| 10 | It warns you that it 's time to reach for the stop button . |
| 11 | The youth of Port Talbot were broken in on great drama and fired , from the beginning , to reach for the sky . |
| 12 | Perhaps we are reaching for object-oriented technology as our great-grandparents used to reach for the ‘ cure-all ’ medicines sold by the travelling salesmen of the 19th century . |
| 13 | Feeling that anything I had to say on the subject would drive passengers to reach for the inflight discomfort receptacle , I asked my spellchecker to do it instead . |
| 14 | Now it seems that successive governments have just have n't lived up to their obligation to wield the stick , and Harlow council just have n't had the sense to reach for the carrot in that that local people are caught in the middle ! |
| 15 | Such paranoia probably derives from an unconscious recognition that in such a collaborative medium , the director as sole auteur is an artificial concept , a labelling convenience , the confection of French theorists : and , who knows , the hand that slips from behind the shadow of the throne to reach for the director 's crown most likely belongs to he who first dreamed the kingdom . |
| 16 | IF YOU THORNPROOF is more barbarous than Barbour , then it 's time to reach for the Barbour Repair Kit . |
| 17 | Now it was his turn to reach for the phone . |
| 18 | He began to reach for the handle with a gloved hand and then pulled nervously back , remembering what had happened to Frye . |
| 19 | First reaction was to reach for the hotline to Swissair but no , the airport was definitely shut and we were indefinitely on hold . |
| 20 | Leaning back , he began to reach for the packet of cigars , then made a wry face and changed his mind . |
| 21 | It is worth remembering that , at the moment when Manhattan 's business thus began to reach for the skies , New York 's Lower East side was probably the most overcrowded slum area in the western world with over 520 persons per acre . |
| 22 | Any new development of another Left party could only be an attempt " to reach for the Leftward workers and draw them back to the basic Labour line " . |
| 23 | ‘ Just get out , ’ she cried feebly , not knowing where to look and unable to reach for the bag in case she revealed more of her anatomy than she already had . |
| 24 | He reaches for a booklet and starts to flip through it . |
| 25 | A BLEARY-EYED JOHN GREIG REACHES FOR A CUPPA |
| 26 | He reaches for a plastic bag . |
| 27 | Genet uses the blacks , the way a man who has just emptied his revolver reaches for the knife at his side ’ ( ‘ The Revenge of Jean Genet ’ , 175 ) . |
| 28 | Without the villus a visitor would see very little in Wilpattu , though occasionally a day-hunting leopard will step out on the road , or a sloth bear stand 6 ft ( 1.8 m ) high as it reaches for the fruit , honey or tree termites on which these fierce-looking predators feed . |
| 29 | Before anyone else hastily reaches for the rope in despair at The Cure 's ‘ betrayal ’ of their faith , I have had but one message : get your act together and think again . |
| 30 | And she reaches for the knife . |