Example sentences of "in his pocket for [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He moved to the small table , put down his glass and searched in his pockets for his cigarettes . |
| 2 | Kersey felt in his pockets for his cigarettes . |
| 3 | He 'd got just tuppence ha'penny in his pocket for his beer , when they found him . ’ |
| 4 | Delaney , searching in his pocket for his pipe , shrugged . |
| 5 | Marco dug in his pocket for his credit chip . |
| 6 | He flexed his fingers to get the feeling back , and fumbled in his pocket for his keys . |
| 7 | He had reached the corner of his street and was searching in his pocket for his key , when a dark figure came out of the shadows and crossed the road towards him . |
| 8 | As he stood on the steps before the heavy front door and dug in his pocket for his keys he could hear the ringing of a telephone , blanked and muffled by several layers of brick and plaster . |
| 9 | Paul Lane put his hand in his pocket for his car keys and found something there . |
| 10 | He felt in his pocket for his lighter and his fingers touched the hard squareness of an envelope . |