Example sentences of "in [pron] pocket for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I hung up and dug around in my pockets for a smoke . |
| 2 | Anna fumbled about in her pockets for a handkerchief . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Ruth sighed irritably and rummaged in her pocket for a chocolate bar . |
| 5 | I felt ashamed — embarrassed — ’ She pulled away from him , rummaged in her pocket for a handkerchief , and could n't find one . |
| 6 | She dug blindly in her pocket for a handkerchief , stiffly self-conscious of her fresh lack of control . |
| 7 | She fumbled in her pocket for the key then let us in the side door . |
| 8 | She felt in her pocket for the key . |
| 9 | Bull searched in his pockets for a cigarette . |
| 10 | In movements which could have been those of a somnambulist Kersey had retrieved his cigarettes and was placing one between his lips while feeling in his pockets for a lighter . |
| 11 | ‘ How 's Uncle Walter ? ’ he said , touching the medals in his pocket for a charm . |
| 12 | 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 . ’ |
| 13 | On impulse he felt in his pocket for a tenpenny piece and dropped it in the box . |
| 14 | ‘ 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 . |
| 15 | He put the chicken in a roasting bag and felt in his pocket for the vial of thallium . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | As he edged past the dustbins he reached in his pocket for the keys to the Mercedes . |
| 18 | He felt in his pocket for the key it was not there ! |
| 19 | Mr. Crowther reached in his pocket for the key but Matthew was there before him . |