Example sentences of "[noun prp] reached for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Travis reached for the satchel . |
| 2 | Morthen reached for the foot of the corpse and dragged Scathach 's body from the funeral mound . |
| 3 | Philpott crossed to a map of Europe on the wall as Rust reached for the telephone to relay the orders . |
| 4 | Giles reached for the wine and emptied the rest of it into their glasses . |
| 5 | Fakrid reached for the emergency stop control and pressed it . |
| 6 | Tom reached for the newspaper , turning it towards him . |
| 7 | Until Mala reached for the comm-switch . |
| 8 | Jill reached for the rota . |
| 9 | Jill reached for the report book . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Kemp reached for the cheese ; in the same moment , the Indian stepped forward with a claret decanter . |
| 12 | Murray reached for the mop but Richard pulled it away and squeezed it out in the bucket as he had seen the maids do . |
| 13 | Susan reached for the doorhandle and found only smooth upholstery . |
| 14 | Spruce reached for the phone . |
| 15 | Carson reached for the button on his desk . |
| 16 | Newman pulled the Walther automatic out of his pocket , held it on his palm , closed his fingers when Grimwood reached for the weapon . |