Example sentences of "[noun prp] reached for the [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hitch reached for the binoculars and peered through them . |
| 2 | Giles reached for the wine and emptied the rest of it into their glasses . |
| 3 | Putting their dinner on the table , Trent reached for the photograph and studied it for the umpteenth time since finding it on Don Roberto 's piano — his mother , and the Colonel as a young man . |
| 4 | Murray reached for the mop but Richard pulled it away and squeezed it out in the bucket as he had seen the maids do . |
| 5 | Susan reached for the doorhandle and found only smooth upholstery . |