Example sentences of "reach [adv prt] and [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would have been easy for anyone to reach in and yank a club out of the bag . ’ |
| 2 | There was a need to reach out and put a hand on a person 's shoulder , take her/his arm , hold a hand , thus increasing the repertoire of non-verbal communication with older people . |
| 3 | He reaches out and puts a hand comfortingly on Robyn 's pair . |
| 4 | And suddenly , for no reason , a pain went through her , as though he had reached out and driven a stake through her heart . |
| 5 | Bella 's fingers reached down and began a slow upward movement on the inside of Johnny 's thigh , the long scarlet nails making a faint scratching sound on the material of his trousers . |
| 6 | Seb reached down and put a hand over her mouth . |
| 7 | A huge hand reached down and put a little tray on the packed earth under the floor . |
| 8 | ‘ What , like this ? ’ you 're supposed to have said , reaching down and rapping a leg with your knuckles . |
| 9 | He reached over and found a table for his own cup . |
| 10 | Evelyn hesitated fractionally , then reached up and executed a perfect capital ‘ H ’ . |
| 11 | Haverford reached up and put a hand on the young man 's shoulder . |
| 12 | Joy Prentice , who had been sitting motionless throughout , reached up and pinched a louse out of her head . |
| 13 | I felt a sharp stab in my head so I reached up and found a piece of hay stuck in my hair , it must have come from the farm . |
| 14 | ‘ What the hon gentleman [ Mr David Blunkett ] has failed to identify is how , in the context of many adverse social , economic , and employment factors , we can reach out and provide a decent health service . |
| 15 | He had been lying on his back , some distance away from her as usual , but as he spoke he turned on to his side , reaching out and laying a hand lightly across the smoothness of one slender thigh . |
| 16 | I think that the church has the responsibility to continue to find new and innovative ways of reaching out and doing a better job and that is er testimony to the fact that we can continue to reach out to persons who are suffering in many ways , and I would appreciate and look forward to learning better from you how to do that and would be happy to share . |
| 17 | He reached out and ran a hand through her hair . |
| 18 | Suddenly he reached out and tugged a small , black feather from the fringe of his cloak . |
| 19 | Burun reached out and took a cup . |
| 20 | T'zin reached out and took a cup of wine from a tray which was held by a N'pani who stood nearby . |
| 21 | He cleared the board and was about to play again when the boy 's hand reached out and took a white stone from the bowl to his left . |
| 22 | His free hand reached out and lifted a strand of the red-gold hair . |
| 23 | Desmond reached out and laid a sympathetic hand on her arm . |
| 24 | He reached out and brushed a strand of hair away from her face , and she felt her skin tingle where it had been touched . |
| 25 | He studied her for a long time , then reached out and touched a wet strand of her hair . |
| 26 | She reached out and plucked a thread from the lapel of his coat . |
| 27 | Hala took Fatima 's place and the girl reached out and plucked a pin from the scarf which concealed her hair . |
| 28 | He shook out the coils , then reached out and clipped a piece from the ear of the largest hound in the pack . |
| 29 | They smiled at each other , and then he reached out and smoothed a strand of hair behind Caroline 's ear . |
| 30 | Without taking his eyes from her , he reached out and removed a plate of lasagne laced with walnuts and apples from one of the young men and slid his fork into the food . |