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I can't reach it.

At a time when women's voices were silenced and their hopes dismissed, she lived to see them stand up and speak out and reach out for the ballot.

At this rate, even independent film will never reach a true understanding of romance and relationships, so to hell with the movies, let's have dinner.

Today, through radio and television, mass advertising can reach millions of people at a time with its messages.

To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it— but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor.

I have an itch right in the middle of my back and I can't reach it. Arrgghh!

They have affiliates in many countries and are trying to expand their reach. These are not opinions to be debated; these are facts to be dealt with.

The departmental heads, lost in petty argument, could not reach a cohesive decision.

There is no act which Christianity forbids, that the law will not reach: if it were otherwise, Christianity would not be, as it has always been held to be, part of the law of England.

If every user added twenty a day to Tatoeba, it might be possible to reach one million sentences by Christmas.

What Alice, waiting for a reply, was faced with was a sudden howl. It was a resounding noise, sharp as to burst her ear drums, loud as to reach unto the heavens.

Skirts this year reach a few centimeters above the knees.

After John became manager, he told me he would never have expected to reach such a high position.

A math teacher says, "With a calculator, the child can reach the right answer, but have no idea at all how he got there."

From the corridor, you can reach the living room, the kitchen, and the toilet, or you can take the stairs upstairs, where the bedrooms and the bathroom are.