Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] reach " in BNC.

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1 Slowly I reached out to my open door and pulled it shut .
2 Eventually I reached the cliff top .
3 Eventually I reached our yard safely and entered the house breathless .
4 Eventually I reach the road and follow it to its top , surprised by how close I was to the summit of the pass .
5 Eventually I reach the same old compromise .
6 Delicately I reached for the telephone .
7 So I reached for the senator 's hand , and thereby couched my lance to face the dragon 's fire .
8 So I reached Lochinver in style , had time to look around , and mounted the bus outside the post office : the morning 's collection of mail and I were the only passengers .
9 So I reach out , move and turn the lamp and check the result .
10 When the Buckau was driven by her screw only she reached a top speed of 14.5 km/h , with rotors alone 14.3 km/h and with both systems running , 18.5 km/h .
11 Impatiently she reached for a tissue and wiped it off .
12 A step up here , a step down there until perhaps you reach the door of the room from which , although it is locked and empty , you can hear shuffling footsteps .
13 Just as the heat was getting too much we reached the cool breezes on the summit .
14 After an hour or so we reached a Slovak village with houses in the traditional wood construction with wooden roofs .
15 In only their second event together they reached the final of the Tournament of Champions in New York , and then captured the Italian Open in Rome .
16 In only their second event together they reached the final of the Tournament of Champions in New York , and then won the Italian Open .
17 And then he entered her and she felt the sudden glorious thrust of possession as together they reached the pinnacle of pleasure and he took her heart and soul forever — with his love .
18 Suddenly he reached across and snatched the photograph out of the Woman 's hand , ripping it in half and dropping the pieces on the floor .
19 Suddenly he reached down and grasped Marion 's wrist cruelly .
20 He 'd been happy to be a spectator while she fucked him , but suddenly he reached up , and pulled her down on to him .
21 Suddenly he reached for her .
22 Suddenly he reached out and tugged a small , black feather from the fringe of his cloak .
23 So the , cos apparently it reaches right into the erm like living room but all around the
24 The glacier beyond was dirty and torturous , but we trekked down it to reach a sandspill outfall .
25 And obviously it reaches an awful lot of people , because Community Centres cater for all ages .
26 Impulsively he reached out , to take her in his arms and draw her close .
27 So he reached Camp David , the presidential dacha which he had first suspected of being an outpost of the American Gulag .
28 So he reached for his number one club-stick
29 Gingerly he reached out to touch it ; it might as well have been a physical part of his wife 's anatomy , like an ear or a finger .
30 Gingerly he reached forward , found a wall and levered himself up against it .
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