Example sentences of "he reached out " in BNC.
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| 1 | He reached out for something outside his prison and found The Rights of Man , he concentrated on passages he knew well and summoned them up word for word . |
| 2 | He reached out to her but she did not move into the offered harbour of his arms . |
| 3 | Mungo could feel the heat of its energy as he reached out to touch the edge of the beautiful destroyer … |
| 4 | The boy was pictured in a stilled movement that clearly represented the brief moment before he reached out and reached down to pluck the flower , a movement which would topple him over the edge to certain death . |
| 5 | He reached out and touched the feet , holding each one for a moment in his hand . |
| 6 | Half-terrified , half-relieved , he reached out a hand . |
| 7 | Then he reached out , grasped Mandy 's outstretched hand and pulled her back to safe , solid ground . |
| 8 | Then he reached out and placed his hand on her hip . |
| 9 | Between the bouts of keen pain a curious life took possession of his brain , a life in which kings and queens floated on the water and white-clad saracens rode up and down before a cage in which was a crowned lion , and then , suddenly , the cage was empty and the saracens were knights in armour and the water on which they rode was a mountain like a tree in which birds nested and which burst into flames and was the phoenix ; and somewhere was the Holy Grail for which he reached out in vain , and a jewelled sword , and a unicorn that spoke but said nothing . |
| 10 | Connors looked at him intently through the smoke haze as he reached out and switched on a tape recorder . |
| 11 | Settling on his haunches beside the back of the grotesque head , he reached out a hand . |
| 12 | He reached out , and picked up the receiver . |
| 13 | He reached out cautiously . |
| 14 | As he reached out for the cheese , he heard a faint sound behind him … |
| 15 | He reached out a large pink hand , and conveyed the marvellous confection of light pastry , chocolate and cream to his mouth . |
| 16 | He reached out his hand and felt her forehead . |
| 17 | He reached out and touched it . |
| 18 | Impulsively he reached out , to take her in his arms and draw her close . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | He reached out , placing a hand on either shoulder , pulling her nearer . |
| 21 | He reached out for my hand . |
| 22 | He reached out for his tie that was on the table . |
| 23 | He reached out and patted the bulkhead . |
| 24 | He reached out and took Tabitha by the arm . |
| 25 | He reached out across the floor , snatched the last paper bag . |
| 26 | He reached out his hand and stroked her horny , savage face . |
| 27 | He reached out and pressed his fingertips against the teapot . |
| 28 | He reached out and ran the back of his hand down her thigh . |
| 29 | He reached out to her , smiling hopefully . |
| 30 | Presently he reached out a hand and touched her forehead , and Ruth felt something enter her — not comfort , not relief , but a sense of light : clear shining spaces which pain could inhabit but not overwhelm . |