Example sentences of "[noun] reached for the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now Houghton reached for the first file and took out the piece of card that bore the fingerprints of a possible match . |
| 2 | Jos reached for the pockmarked chrome bumper and pulled himself free . |
| 3 | Rufus reached for the blue phone directory and turned to the V's , to Verne-Smith-Duchini , and had actually begun to dial when his patient was announced . |
| 4 | When , out of nowhere , a picture of Naylor Massingham suddenly presented itself , Leith reached for the nearest folder . |
| 5 | Rostov reached for the flat permahide envelope which contained his orders and for a moment he brushed absently at the crisp new admiral 's stripe on his sleeve . |