Example sentences of "[noun sg] and reached for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He strode to his desk and reached for the telephone . |
| 2 | Hatchard put down his notebook and ballpoint and reached for a cigarette . |
| 3 | He discarded Fisher 's file and reached for another . |
| 4 | She stopped treading water and reached for the rail . |
| 5 | She dropped the other gun — the little one — into the pocket of her jacket and reached for the wooden grip of the Kalashnikov . |
| 6 | As the pillager passed by its glassy protuberance , she hesitated , swallowed her natural nausea and reached for it — thereby precipitating everything else she was balancing on to the tessellated tiles and into oblivion . |
| 7 | At the crash from the front door he came out of his chair and reached for a twelve-bore shotgun that lay on the pine table . |
| 8 | He heaved himself up from the kitchen chair and reached for his coat behind the door . |
| 9 | She indicated the white leather armchair in front of her desk , then sat down in her swivel chair and reached for the telephone . |
| 10 | She took a shaky breath and reached for the coffee-pot , an invisible shell of protective self-defence closing around her just in time . |
| 11 | She took another steadying breath and reached for the report book . |
| 12 | He drew a deep breath and reached for the tumbler of Scotch beside him . |
| 13 | An elderly lady who had once asked Franz Liszt for his autograph , felt quite faint as Fred took off his kilt and reached for the laces of his boots . |
| 14 | Devlin slipped the book into his pocket , stepped around him , holding the Walther against his leg and reached for Eggar 's hand . |
| 15 | Melissa fastened her safety belt and reached for the ignition . |
| 16 | As it lifted from the Luftwaffe fighter base outside Berlin , Schellenberg undid his seat belt and reached for his briefcase . |
| 17 | He sighed in frustration and reached for his tea . |
| 18 | She swung her legs out of bed and reached for her dressing gown . |
| 19 | Feeling as if she had been dismissed , Lindsey watched as he sat on the bed and reached for his stethoscope . |
| 20 | Feeling unusually low and depressed from a bout of hay fever , Johnson did the natural thing and reached for a couple of Reactivins . |
| 21 | The shepherd drained his glass and reached for the flask . |
| 22 | Ronni knocked back the remains of her first glass and reached for another . |
| 23 | Pamela climbed out of the pool and reached for her towel . |
| 24 | I ordered the item and reached for my chequebook : disillusion . |
| 25 | Tina put down her fork with prim care and reached for her Irish crystal water glass . |
| 26 | As the red-tipped bronze blade continued round towards her , Tallis struck it out of line and reached for the booted leg of the rider , pushing up so that he fell over to the side . |
| 27 | Owen thought of rabies and reached for his gun . |
| 28 | Preston untangled his arm from around her shoulder and reached for the brandy glass . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | ‘ Oh bother ! ’ she allowed herself a wee expletive and reached for the telephone daintily with whitened fingers . |