Sentence examples for reached to check from inspiring English sources

As I turned into the aisle, I instinctively reached to check my purse for my wallet.

She even pulled out a book when the cars rose above ground at 125th Street, as the rest of us reached to check our phones.

These ova were retained in the hatchery in sectioned vibert boxes (one family per section) and their development checked every 2 days until full yolk sac absorption was reached, to check for unusual rates of mortalities or deformities.

The second analysis was allowed to run longer without a stop value, until the wall time of 48 hours was reached, to check if convergence of chains could be further improved.

The most important thing is to pay attention to when you reach to check e-mails or texts or get on social networking sites — something most people do without even thinking.

The first figure was huddled from the drizzle under a plastic sheet until a hand with lilac fingernails reached out to check the fishing line.

She is a touch person, and at one point reached across to check a reporter's forehead to see if he might be feverish after asking a particular question.

"I reached over to check Jimmy's pulse, and there was none," Morgan said.

What if some dude working the rubber vat wore his favorite elephant skin cap and, as he reached over to check something, that cap fell into the rubber vat, broke down, and dispersed throughout a batch of show-sole rubber?

Netbooks — popular, affordable mini-laptops with 10-inch screens — are intended primarily for reaching the Internet to check e-mail or Web sites.

Then I reached for my wallet to check the expiration date on my driver's license.