Example sentences of "reached for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bad days she reached for the neck of the nearest bottle , never quite drunk , never quite sober , maundering on to Francis about the impossibility of love . |
| 2 | She reached for her notebook and cigarettes and played the words around , wielded their texture and richness to sculpt a poem to her joy . |
| 3 | The young man scanned the paper , held it out , and as James 's fingers reached for it , dropped it , eyed him , and said in a carrying voice , ‘ I see you are mad , but does even a lunatic suppose that one of His Majesty 's officers would bind himself to oppose the law and refrain from arresting criminals ? ’ |
| 4 | The day after , Jamie came in with the wooden dish of porridge , held it out to Cameron , then twitched it away when he reached for it and turned it upside down . |
| 5 | First it looked as though Agassi would bolt through as he reached for stardom ; then Courier did it . |
| 6 | Without turning on the light she sat up and reached for her bottle and glass , faintly alarmed to discover she could find them both by feel alone . |
| 7 | She lumbered out of bed , reached for the too recently removed dressing-gown and took herself off to her bathroom . |
| 8 | She had neither the energy nor the time to feel irritated ; instead she took out her pen again and reached for a sheet of the museum 's paper . |
| 9 | The doctor smiled quietly , reached for her pad and made a note ; she smiled , walked round the foot of the high couch and came up towards Phoebe left-hand side . |
| 10 | When they entered the house one of the brothers reached for the bottle of whiskey and poured four large glasses for the first time that day . |
| 11 | She reached for his hand , clutched it and dug in her long nails . |
| 12 | He brooded for a moment , sighed , and reached for the list again . |
| 13 | He reached for the CV while Catherine Crane busied herself systematically with her papers . |
| 14 | Yeo rubbed the back of his neck irritably , and reached for his coffee , downing two cups while McLeish and Catherine Crane were still passing each other milk and sugar . |
| 15 | He reached for Claudia 's hand and held it , looking steadily into her face . |
| 16 | He reached for one of the sticks he 'd collected for the pheasant trap . |
| 17 | The Woman suddenly reached for her big , shabby handbag . |
| 18 | She dropped the other gun — the little one — into the pocket of her jacket and reached for the wooden grip of the Kalashnikov . |
| 19 | Dot heard the man ask for Gloria 's ticket , felt the movement as Gloria reached for her purse . |
| 20 | He emptied a bottle of champagne into the Commanding Officer 's silver tankard , and reached for another . |
| 21 | Jos reached for the pockmarked chrome bumper and pulled himself free . |
| 22 | He reached for the door but failed to find it . |
| 23 | Smallfry was smiling sweetly as she reached for Frankie 's sleeve and eased him in the direction of the door . |
| 24 | Buddie kicked an upright chair into a more suitable position and reached for his guitar . |
| 25 | There was no time for him to get up the steps and past the door before it opened and deadly talons reached for him in the darkness . |
| 26 | Ari reached for Leila 's hand and squeezed it . |
| 27 | ‘ Navan ! ’ called the driver , and I jumped up and reached for my bag . |
| 28 | I reached for the thick directory . |
| 29 | Jackie stood up and reached for the bottle . |
| 30 | Laugh — I nearly reached for my 12-bore . |