Example sentences of "pocket [coord] [verb] [adv] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She put a hand in her apron pocket and brought out a sealed billet . |
| 2 | He reached into his pocket and brought out a tiny leather box . |
| 3 | He thrust his hand casually into his jeans pocket and brought out a folded piece of paper . |
| 4 | Oscar reached gingerly into his trouser pocket and teased out a fresh handkerchief . |
| 5 | The second man reached into his pocket and pulled out a long length of what looked like ribbon . |
| 6 | Sanchez reached into his shirt pocket and drew out a fat paper cylinder , stroking its length with pursed fingers to smooth the kinks . |
| 7 | The old woman dropped the Access card into her pinafore pocket and picked up a framed photograph from a small table near the window . |
| 8 | He replaced this in his pocket and picked up a heavy cream-coloured envelope with his own name printed on it , and a postcard showing the Forum at sunset in gaudy and unrealistic colour with a message reading . |