Example sentences of "[vb past] in his [noun sg] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As he edged past the dustbins he reached in his pocket for the keys to the Mercedes . |
| 2 | Mr. Crowther reached in his pocket for the key but Matthew was there before him . |
| 3 | He put the chicken in a roasting bag and felt in his pocket for the vial of thallium . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | He felt in his pocket for the key it was not there ! |