Example sentences of "his pocket and [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Do you know something ? ’ he asked , thrusting his hands into his pockets and leaning indolently against the wall . |
| 2 | ‘ I ca n't , ’ he answered smugly , thrusting his hands into his pockets and surveying her small , unhappy figure . |
| 3 | ‘ None at all , ’ Rohan said colourlessly , thrusting his hands into his pockets and turning away . |
| 4 | An image came into her head : of Gazzer 's spray can dropping out of his pocket and clunking across the floor of the kiosk : a little vandal who went round spraying his name everywhere . |
| 5 | ‘ But it 's a good life , ’ the Dodger said , taking some coins from his pocket and throwing them up in the air . |
| 6 | ‘ Here , ’ said the boy pulling his pictures out of his pocket and laying one on the ground in front of Philip . |
| 7 | She could see him out of the comer of her eye , removing a crystal from his pocket and placing it in her desk reader . |
| 8 | At the same time , the old gentleman , putting his hand to his pocket and realizing his handkerchief was missing , turned round . |
| 9 | ‘ Just the wireless , ’ Vernon said , taking a polishing cloth from his pocket and dabbing at his eyes . |
| 10 | Finally , when Kirov was sure that there was no one within earshot , he stopped , producing a packet of cheap Polish cigarettes from his pocket and offering them to Ybreska . |
| 11 | In some West Indian islands a yacht arriving without one will be confronted with a customs officer producing a rolled-up flag from his pocket and offering to sell it at an inflated price in an atmosphere of thinly disguised pressure . |
| 12 | Jones made this point by taking a small flashlight out from his pocket and making a strong cautionary comment that he would be ‘ extremely surprised if enough power could be generated by the process to power even a flashlight . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Here you are then , ’ said the boy , taking the wire-cutters out of his pocket and giving them to Philip . |