Example sentences of "[pron] reached for the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With a dozen spills to hand , I reached for the matches in my pouch . |
| 2 | I reached for The Mayor of Casterbridge which I knew was somewhere in the bed . |
| 3 | She reached for the knife at her calf , and began cutting the rigging binding her legs . |
| 4 | She reached for the back of Nina 's ripped jacket , but only managed to get a handful of hair . |
| 5 | Bad days she reached for the neck of the nearest bottle , never quite drunk , never quite sober , maundering on to Francis about the impossibility of love . |
| 6 | But when he tried to stand a cry of pain escaped him and he reached for the wall of the stables for support . |
| 7 | Maggie braced herself as he reached for the top of the blanket , which he then drew down to reveal a corpse 's face . |