Example sentences of "reach [adv prt] [conj] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She wanted to reach out and hold him to her , to draw him close and comfort him , but it was too late now . |
| 2 | He wanted to reach out and wrap her in his arms , to hold her tight and comfort her , but he had been wrong before . |
| 3 | Yet , though she longed to flee from him , to put huge distances between them , there was something drawing her , some mystery in him that seemed to reach out and take her in its clutches . |
| 4 | If she 'd had the power at that moment she would have reached out and crushed him into the carpet . |
| 5 | Then he had reached out and pulled her into his arms and held her tightly for a moment . |
| 6 | A hand reached in and grabbed him by the hair . |
| 7 | A hand reached in and grabbed him by the hair . |
| 8 | FitzAlan reached down and yanked her to her feet . |
| 9 | But hardly had the applause for the Collector died down when two hands reached up and dragged him down the stairs by his braces and into the crowd . |
| 10 | Prentice reached up and put something on the thin collar of Rory 's shirt . |
| 11 | It was extremely difficult to know what to do with a giant who loped along at your side and who could reach out and pluck you from your horse 's back with one hand . |
| 12 | All around the fences , the parked cars and the neat roofs was that weird stuff you get just before dawn in the suburbs — it is n't light or darkness but some other thing entirely — shadowy , ghostly , but so much itself you feel you could reach out and run it through your fingers . |
| 13 | Already Parfois seemed to lie behind them , and Harry had almost lost that tense expectation that at every step someone would reach out and take him by the shoulder to haul him back into captivity . |
| 14 | ‘ I always thought it was solid , ’ said Billie , coming up to it , reaching out and touching it in awe . |
| 15 | He reached out and tugged her into the V of his thighs , dropping his mouth to hers and taking it in a kiss that left her gasping for breath and so shaken she could barely stand . |
| 16 | He reached out and wrenched it from her hand . |
| 17 | ‘ Adam ! ’ she screamed , reached out and caught him by the sleeve . |
| 18 | He was about to skip past me and hit the bomb with the piece of wood — he had already raised it above his head and made the lunge — when I reached out and caught him round the waist . |
| 19 | She gasped as Nicolo reached out and caught her by the shoulders . |
| 20 | She reached out and caught it without so much as wobbling . |
| 21 | Her fingers plucked at the air until Thérèse reached out and held them in her own . |
| 22 | He nodded , not understanding why she should want it , but took it from his pocket and , edging down the bank , reached out and handed it to her , watching as she unscrewed the top , transforming it into a tiny cutting tool . |
| 23 | A bolt was drawn back from inside then the door opened fractionally before a hand reached out and hauled him into the room . |
| 24 | He reached out and dislodged it from the ladder rung , so that Izzie slipped downwards into his arms . |
| 25 | His withered claw reached out and attached itself to my lapel . |
| 26 | She reached out and helped herself to an almond pastry . |
| 27 | She reached out and pulled them to her in a protective motherly gesture . |
| 28 | They reached out and pulled him into the Ship . |
| 29 | Abuelo Freitas reached out and shook her by the hand . |