Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] pocket [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , from Riva , ‘ You 're either going to have to get a tissue out of my skirt pocket and wipe my nose for me , or untie me so I can do it myself . ’ |
| 2 | I pulled out my grubby little diary from my hip pocket and entered the date , 7th June 1944 . |
| 3 | I cross the tarmac and climb a fence , then take the ski-mask from my trouser pocket and pull it over my head . |
| 4 | The old woman dropped the Access card into her pinafore pocket and picked up a framed photograph from a small table near the window . |
| 5 | After slipping the clip carefully into her anorak pocket and zipping it closed she descended the steps and scooped up the fallen FN FAL . |
| 6 | She sat at the breakfast table , trying to calm her nerves , and eventually she drew the envelope from her housecoat pocket and opened it , reading the words that were written inside , and feeling the blood drain from her face . |
| 7 | She put a hand in her apron pocket and brought out a sealed billet . |
| 8 | Florrie dipped down into her apron pocket and pulled out her tiny silver snuffbox . |
| 9 | Michael would 'ave bin twenty-four an' John twenty-five , ’ Sadie told her , suddenly taking out a handkerchief from her apron pocket and dabbing at her eyes . |
| 10 | She slipped the pendant into her apron pocket and turned to leave , but he called her back . |
| 11 | Sweetman took a pair of polarised sunglasses from his shirt pocket and put them on before inspecting me again . |
| 12 | He now took a pair of sunglasses from his shirt pocket and pointed them at me . |
| 13 | Sanchez reached into his shirt pocket and drew out a fat paper cylinder , stroking its length with pursed fingers to smooth the kinks . |
| 14 | Cy reached inside his jacket pocket and took out a phial of pills . |
| 15 | For a second I thought he was going to hit me , but then he reached into his jacket pocket and brought out a wallet that he unfolded and thrust towards me , giving me just enough time to see that he held the rank of chief inspector , one of the highest ranks in the Bahamian police force , then the wallet was snapped shut and Deacon Billingsley moved to stand very close to me , so close that I could smell the cigar smoke on his breath . |
| 16 | He felt in his jacket pocket and brought out a pack of Juicy Fruits . |
| 17 | He put his right hand in his jacket pocket and produced a bulky envelope . |
| 18 | I took a felt-tipped pen out of his jacket pocket and wrote a number on a beermat . |
| 19 | He took the second torch out of his jacket pocket and tossed it to Jimmy . |
| 20 | He fumbled in his jacket pocket and came out with a tobacco pouch and a pipe and offered the pouch to Wycliffe . |
| 21 | As he spoke , Kaas pulled a newspaper from his jacket pocket and held up its front page for Adam to see . |
| 22 | He pulled into the pre-arranged space , climbed out of the car , then took a pack of cigarettes from his jacket pocket and lit one . |
| 23 | Embarrassed , now that he had noticed what was happening , Dyson removed his hand from his jacket pocket and slipped it inconspicuously behind his back . |
| 24 | Just about this time he put his hand into his jacket pocket and found the two bills from Mouncy Street . |
| 25 | Binyon took a hunting-flask from his jacket pocket and poured a couple of inches into a styrofoam cup . |
| 26 | He began to note down suitable thoughts and epigrams on pieces of office copy-paper , not really with the intention of learning them off by heart , but with the idea that he might put them in his jacket pocket and touch them from time to time during the programme to give himself reassurance , knowing that if the worst really came to the worst he could take them out and refresh his memory . |
| 27 | Then he shoved the letter in his jacket pocket and stood . |
| 28 | Nassim still kept his eyes on the lads in the bathroom , one of whom had produced a seven-pound hammer from his tool-bag , but reached for his wallet pocket and produced a broken-spined red leather diary . |
| 29 | He dived into his vest pocket and pulled out one of those cheap black cheroots . |
| 30 | Such was the power of Luke Hunter 's voice that Folly saw the policeman reach automatically towards his breast pocket and take out a notebook . |