Example sentences of "and reached [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Guy put the candle down on the stool and reached across the bed .
2 Talbot nodded and reached for a phone .
3 Butler stubbed out his cigar in an ashtray and reached for a telephone on the table beside him .
4 Feeling unusually low and depressed from a bout of hay fever , Johnson did the natural thing and reached for a couple of Reactivins .
5 Schneider draped a sheet about his shoulders and reached for a pair of scissors .
6 ‘ And first of all , I 'm going to climb through the window , ’ she said and reached for a stack of sacking which had been thrown down near the wall and which , piled carefully , might enable her to reach the sill .
7 She had neither the energy nor the time to feel irritated ; instead she took out her pen again and reached for a sheet of the museum 's paper .
8 Carol sighed and reached for a tissue from the bedside table .
9 Returning to my dressing room , I removed my headdress and reached for a towel to dry my sweat-soaked hair — fighting with seven dwarfs under banks of spotlights is hot work .
10 Jazzbeaux threw the wig into the toilet , and reached for a towel .
11 She turned off the shower and reached for a towel .
12 Hatchard put down his notebook and ballpoint and reached for a cigarette .
13 He got up and reached for the phone .
14 I panicked and reached for the door .
15 Early in their walk she had handed him the usual tenpenny piece , and now she heard a faint tinkle and watched while he stuck his candle in the socket , and reached for the matches in their brass holder .
16 Melissa fastened her safety belt and reached for the ignition .
17 Preston untangled his arm from around her shoulder and reached for the brandy glass .
18 ‘ Why do n't you keep your mouth shut ? ’ said Sergeant Comstock , with deep and bitter resignation , and reached for the boat-hook they 'd brought with them .
19 He jerked his arms loose and reached for the head trying to blink the searing pain from his eyes ; He could n't ; in his double darkness he had no choice .
20 ‘ Of course , ’ Kegan said and reached for the intercom on his desk .
21 The shepherd drained his glass and reached for the flask .
22 Suddenly he swayed and reached for the support of his car door .
23 I shimmied shivering to the bedsit , slotted another shilling in the gas fire and reached for the knob on the third drawer of the tallboy .
24 He drew a deep breath and reached for the tumbler of Scotch beside him .
25 ‘ Oh bother ! ’ she allowed herself a wee expletive and reached for the telephone daintily with whitened fingers .
26 The Captain sat down and reached for the telephone .
27 She indicated the white leather armchair in front of her desk , then sat down in her swivel chair and reached for the telephone .
28 He strode to his desk and reached for the telephone .
29 Jackie stood up and reached for the bottle .
30 She rolled onto a knee , then pushed herself upright and reached for the bottle of Sancerre in one complete , if clumsy , movement .
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