It has served as a disincentive to play when the ladies reach a point where they have earned enough to buy contentment.

When this lady reached the bottom, she had been on her feet twenty-three hours!

Peter was in a sweat of anticipation by the time the lady reached him.

This lady did not reach them but disappeared somewhere.

The elderly lady reached up and lovingly touched her daughter's hair.

The ladies had reached that vaguely melancholy hour when they felt it necessary to tell each other their histories.

When one lady reached to stroke my thigh as she stepped past me, I pushed her roughly away.

Life at court was difficult and constricting and her lady had not reached the highest position.

But you almost never see a fat lady reach old age.

No southern lady would ever reach the miserable age of eighty-four.