Example sentences of "[pers pn] reached for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Waking bright and early the next morning I reached for a copy of Delicacy as the most economical means of establishing whether I was still alive . |
| 2 | I reached for a packet of Gauloises , tore open the corner and offered them to him . |
| 3 | With a gesture of annoyance , she reached for a rope of jet beads and fastened it around her neck . |
| 4 | At which she reached for a bottle of whisky called Old Rarity . |
| 5 | She reached for a sip of water . |
| 6 | Picking the glass away from the display , she reached for a squirter of morph-plus . |
| 7 | She reached for a cotton wool bud , grimacing into the mirror at the reflection of the young woman standing behind her . |
| 8 | Her hand shook slightly as she reached for a swab , and the child began to whimper as she gently began trying to clear the affected area in order to get a better look . |
| 9 | Impatiently she reached for a tissue and wiped it off . |
| 10 | She reached for a tissue to dab at the moisture welling in her eyes . |
| 11 | Once or twice , Jack had casually goosed her as she reached for a file . |
| 12 | flesh of her upper arm hung down when she reached for a cigarette , but it scarcely mattered . |
| 13 | She reached for a stethoscope . |
| 14 | ‘ Maybe , ’ he said , sitting on her side of the bed as she reached for a woman 's magazine , ‘ maybe I 'm gay ! ’ |
| 15 | ‘ That 's where you 're wrong , ’ I said as he reached for a pen . |
| 16 | He reached for a half loaf of bread with both hands and said , by the six hairs of his grandmother 's beard , they were doing very well out of all this . |
| 17 | He reached for a sheet of paper , picked up a pen and began writing . |
| 18 | He reached for a can . |
| 19 | He reached for a bunch of thick white stalks with plump purple bulbs . |
| 20 | He reached for a cup and poured himself coffee . |
| 21 | He reached for a cigarette and lit it . |
| 22 | And he looks a lot better for the change , although I have to tell you that by the time I had grilled him for an hour and tested him out on the snooker table I did notice that he reached for a cigarette . |
| 23 | Later , seated dizzily at the desk in his study , he reached for a piece of paper to write some orders for the defence of the banqueting hall . |
| 24 | He reached for a piece of notepaper . |
| 25 | Stimulated by Gould 's remarks , he reached for a piece of paper lying near to hand — presumably one that was being drawn on by one of the zoological draughtsmen working at the Society at the time — and proceeded to write on the reverse side of the drawing . |
| 26 | ‘ Ice ? ’ he enquired , as he reached for a glass and Shiona seated herself in one of the armchairs . |
| 27 | Panels lit up and he reached for a number of X-ray plates which he attached to the luminescent plastic . |
| 28 | He reached for a corner of my apron . |
| 29 | " But there was a time long ago when the cassowary could fly as well as the bower-bird. " the old man rumbled as he reached for a sweetcorn in the cinders . |
| 30 | He reached for a towel . |