Example sentences of "reach [adv prt] and touch [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Children playing in fen churchyards in the nineteenth century were able to reach down and touch the coffins exposed by the wasted peat . |
| 2 | All she wanted , as she sat motionless beside him in the luxurious interior of the Aston Martin , was to reach out and touch the muscular , sun-bronzed knee so close to her own slender legs . |
| 3 | She wanted desperately to reach out and touch the angular cheekbone , to run her fingertips along the firm , sensuous lips … |
| 4 | The foyer is packed with pilgrims ready to reach out and touch the hem of any passing garment . |
| 5 | The subtle vibrations of our mind reaches out and touches the minds of all others . |
| 6 | Despite Kipling 's dictum that " Never the twain shall meet " , the East had reached out and touched the West with a premonition , perhaps , of the planetary holism which was to grip our minds less than a century later when we walked on the moon , looked back , and for the first time saw the whole earth rising as a single bubble of life . |
| 7 | Rincewind thought he could see a faint streak in the air , as if something from the mountain had reached out and touched the beast . |
| 8 | They walked regardless of the weather : on early spring mornings when the sky was remote and pale as a plover 's egg ; on stormy autumn afternoons when they felt they could reach up and touch the lowering clouds that covered the land like a bruise ; and on frozen winter days when the sky was a white membrane stretched so tight that they could imagine it cracking with the cold . |
| 9 | He studied her for a long time , then reached out and touched a wet strand of her hair . |
| 10 | He reached out and touched the feet , holding each one for a moment in his hand . |
| 11 | I reached out and touched the rough , sawn surface . |
| 12 | He reached out and touched the surface of the water but the reflection shimmered and disappeared . |
| 13 | Wu Shih reached out and touched the young T'ang 's arm . |
| 14 | Then , a growing wonder filling his eyes , he reached out and touched the hanging chain . |
| 15 | ’ He reached out and touched the metal plate on the back of Ebert 's head , then moved back again . |
| 16 | Reach down and touch the grass . |
| 17 | Reach out and touch the firm silky feathers of its back , the downy feathers of its breast . |