Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] pocket for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once we were the desired distance away we had to stand perfectly still , reach slowly into our pockets for the food , turn side-on to the bird , look back at it over our shoulders and wiggle the meat . |
| 2 | Sabrina zipped up her anorak as she stepped out into the cold night air and rummaged in her pockets for the keys to the Audi Coupe . |
| 3 | She fumbled in her pocket for the key then let us in the side door . |
| 4 | She felt in her pocket for the key . |
| 5 | He put the chicken in a roasting bag and felt in his pocket for the vial of thallium . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | As he edged past the dustbins he reached in his pocket for the keys to the Mercedes . |
| 8 | He felt in his pocket for the key it was not there ! |
| 9 | Mr. Crowther reached in his pocket for the key but Matthew was there before him . |