Example sentences of "pocket [coord] [verb] [pron] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Fen stopped short and pulled out a folded map from his pocket and spread it out before her , stabbing at it with his finger .
2 Why he needed to choose this moment to pass the time of day with all and sundry and — good grief ! — take a wad of notes from his back pocket and count them out with infuriating slowness — was anybody 's guess .
3 He took his own pistol from a pocket and jammed it down between his thighs .
4 He pulled several wristwatches from his pocket and flung one down to Bill .
5 The Campbell yanked a Mills bomb from a camouflaged pocket and flung it up at Cornelius .
6 Sweetman took a pair of polarised sunglasses from his shirt pocket and put them on before inspecting me again .
7 ‘ But it 's a good life , ’ the Dodger said , taking some coins from his pocket and throwing them up in the air .
8 Marc fished in his pocket and held something out to them .
9 He pulled a small mirror from his pocket and held it up to me .
10 I got my wallet out of my pocket and held it up in front of my eyes .
11 He took a letter from his pocket and held it out to her .
12 But Bush waited , and then he took something out of his pocket and threw it down on the desk .
13 I pulled the little guy from my pocket and set him down on my desk .
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