Example sentences of "in [pron] pocket for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She fumbled in her pocket for the key then let us in the side door . |
| 2 | She felt in her pocket for the key . |
| 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 | As he edged past the dustbins he reached in his pocket for the keys to the Mercedes . |
| 6 | He felt in his pocket for the key it was not there ! |
| 7 | Mr. Crowther reached in his pocket for the key but Matthew was there before him . |