Example sentences of "in [pron] pocket for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't really understand what it was all about except that there were always sugar lumps in my pocket for when I did n't feel very well . |
| 2 | I feel in my pocket for my money and pull it out . |
| 3 | I felt in my pocket for my door key . |
| 4 | ‘ If that gelding of yours is any good , I 'll put my hand in my pocket for him for Dolly . |
| 5 | I am about to put it in my pocket for them , but remember that my father or Susan might notice , and return it . |
| 6 | And I had that in my pocket for years . |
| 7 | She fumbled in her pocket for more change but before she could get in it into the coin slot she heard the click . |
| 8 | She fumbled in her pocket for the key then let us in the side door . |
| 9 | Ruth sighed irritably and rummaged in her pocket for a chocolate bar . |
| 10 | She felt in her pocket for the key . |
| 11 | I felt ashamed — embarrassed — ’ She pulled away from him , rummaged in her pocket for a handkerchief , and could n't find one . |
| 12 | She dug blindly in her pocket for a handkerchief , stiffly self-conscious of her fresh lack of control . |
| 13 | ‘ How 's Uncle Walter ? ’ he said , touching the medals in his pocket for a charm . |
| 14 | He 'd got just tuppence ha'penny in his pocket for his beer , when they found him . ’ |
| 15 | Still , I 'll say this for you : you 're the first Scotsman I 've met who 's prepared to put his hand in his pocket for a round of drinks . ’ |
| 16 | He put the chicken in a roasting bag and felt in his pocket for the vial of thallium . |
| 17 | Delaney , searching in his pocket for his pipe , shrugged . |
| 18 | Marco dug in his pocket for his credit chip . |
| 19 | On impulse he felt in his pocket for a tenpenny piece and dropped it in the box . |
| 20 | He looked from the overcoat to the grimy , torn green flannels and the scuffed brown shoes laced with uneven lengths of string , then felt in his pocket for the cigarettes he had bummed off a group of Swedish students in Bonn a few days earlier . |
| 21 | He flexed his fingers to get the feeling back , and fumbled in his pocket for his keys . |
| 22 | He had reached the corner of his street and was searching in his pocket for his key , when a dark figure came out of the shadows and crossed the road towards him . |
| 23 | Elliott got in , arching in his seat to fish in his pocket for keys . |
| 24 | As he stood on the steps before the heavy front door and dug in his pocket for his keys he could hear the ringing of a telephone , blanked and muffled by several layers of brick and plaster . |
| 25 | As he edged past the dustbins he reached in his pocket for the keys to the Mercedes . |
| 26 | He felt in his pocket for the key it was not there ! |
| 27 | Paul Lane put his hand in his pocket for his car keys and found something there . |
| 28 | Mr. Crowther reached in his pocket for the key but Matthew was there before him . |
| 29 | ‘ Do n't worry about it , ’ he advised , then searched in his pocket for a moment before holding out something which glittered in the palm of his hand . |
| 30 | Obviously good enough for the MP for Darlington to put his hand in his pocket for . |