Example sentences of "[noun pl] reaching for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Emily lifted her head and breathed in the sweet March air , it was good to stand in the garden of Summer Lodge looking out over a tranquil sea with timid waves reaching for the shore . |
| 2 | It has a thick canopy of tree tops often 20 feet thick and a sub canopy of younger trees reaching for the light . |
| 3 | As Rune 's hard , caressing hands slid up and down her body , Gina automatically raised her arms around his neck , her fingers reaching for his hair , winding through its golden thickness , oblivious to everything save the heavy clamouring of her heart , the new-found responses of her senses to Rune 's compelling masculine power . |
| 4 | The 33-year-old from Seattle is so laid back he is almost horizontal , while Faldo 's intensity over every shot would have most other players reaching for the straight jacket . |
| 5 | Running , laughing , her arms reaching for him . |
| 6 | They closed , lost balance and fell to the ground , rolling , kicking , punching , hands reaching for each other 's throats . |
| 7 | ‘ Yiu keelled heem ! ’ screeched Lorre , his shaking hands reaching for a revolver . |
| 8 | Mrs Ramsden 's husband , Jack , whose successful punting exploits have regularly had the bookies reaching for the valium bottle , was at first stunned and angered by the suggestion that anything was wrong with Travelling Light , whom he has backed at 33-1 for the second leg of the Autumn Double . |