How to use "pocket" in a sentence
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I had my harmonica in my pocket, so I took it out and started to play.
But I do venture to suggest that it will be highly unconstitutional in the midst of this unconstitutional Government, - in the midst of a nation which has built up its magnificent constitution, - for the people of India to become weak and to crawl on their belly - it will be highly unconstitutional for the people of India to pocket every insult that is offered to them; it is highly unconstitutional for the 70 millions of Mohammedans of India to submit to a violent wrong done to their religion; it is highly unconstitutional for the whole of India to sit still and cooperate with an unjust Government which has trodden under its feet the honour of the Punjab.
I replied politely to everything he said, but I was holding a weapon in my pocket as we walked along together.
Cosette took the coin, put it carefully in her pocket and left
She did not notice the coin that Mme Thenardier had given her for the bread fall out of her pocket into the water
Cosette felt in her pocket and suddenly went pale
It must have fallen from the child's pocket.'
'How much do you need?' the old man asked, taking an old leather wallet from the pocket of his coat.
He took a key from the pocket of his long yellow coat and opened the old wooden door
Leblanc and had simply fallen out of his pocket, but Marius was unaware of this
With a sigh, he put the package in his pocket and went on to dinner.
Marius took a five-franc piece from his pocket and handed it to the girl.
Leblanc took a coin out of his pocket and put it on the table.
Marius felt in his pocket
I'm living with a friend of mine, Enjolras.' Marius then took a knife out of his pocket and scratched his address on the wall - 16, rue de la Verrerie.'
Putting them in his jacket pocket, he went out and continued to wander aimlessly around the streets, noticing only occasionally the strange atmosphere of excitement that was growing in the town
When they found a letter in his pocket which proved that he had been sent to spy on them, they tied him to a post inside the inn,
'I have a letter for you in my pocket
She took hold of Marius's hand with her wounded hand and, without seeming to feel the pain, guided it to her pocket, from which he took the letter.
He tore a page out of the pocket notebook he always carried and wrote:
If he kept the letter in his pocket, Cosette would never know what had happened to the other man, and life with her would continue the same as before
Half an hour later he left the house, dressed in his National Guard uniform, with a loaded gun and a pocket full of gunpowder, and made his way towards the market district of Paris.
Valjean, however, took a knife from his pocket and cut the ropes that tied Javert's wrists.
Valjean repeated the address until he could remember it, returned the wallet to Marius's pocket, picked Marius up again and continued his journey downwards towards the river
Give me half of what you found in this man's pockets, and I'll unlock the gate for you.' He produced a large key from his pocket, and a piece of rope
Bending down, he took a handkerchief from his pocket, wet it in the river and bathed Marius's blood-stained forehead
He was wearing smart black clothes, and a gold watch chain hung from his jacket pocket.
'You're a completely rotten man, but I'll give you this.' Marius took a banknote out of his pocket and threw it in the stranger's face.
But what is her name? I pull the last item from my pocket
Emily?" But there is no answer, and Oliver Stern puts his mobile back into his coat pocket and looks around.
He pulls his cigarette packet from his pocket and walks over
He looks at Oliver for a moment, nods, pulls his lighter from his pocket and offers it.
"About a crime." Branwell pulls his notepad from his pocket and places it in front of him on the table
Maybe it is time for the first drink of the day after all, and he takes the small flask from the pocket of his denim jacket, removes the lid and swallows.
He wants to put his hand in his coat pocket, but he has to keep the grey pistol ready.
"Politicians and doctors? They can't even dress themselves." And Smith puts the tie in his pocket.
Smith takes the tie from his pocket
"Oh, that." And the boy pulls something out of his pocket, and Owen sees that it is his mp3 player.
After the waiter had gone, I put the note in my pocket
I put the handkerchief in my pocket and walked slowly across the hall to the library
It must have come from the raincoat pocket
She had left the handkerchief in the pocket
Favell took a piece of paper from his pocket
Favell put the note back in his pocket.
From an inner pocket, he withdrew a few sheets of folded typing paper.
"Sure." From his shirt pocket, he withdrew a laminated ID card with the gas-company seal, his picture, his name, and his physical statistics.
He tucked the sheaf of typewritten questions into his coat pocket
He folded the pages and stuffed them into his hip pocket.
He grabbed her arm, swung her away from the burning house, the sight of which affected her as much as if it had been a hypnotist's slowly swinging pocket watch.
If they have a judge in their pocket, why not a few cops?"
Elliot fished the pages out of his hip pocket, unfolded them, and put them on the table
He reached into a pocket of his leisure suit and took out a tiny aerosol can that was only slightly larger than one of those spray-style breath fresheners, small enough to be concealed in Bruckster's hand.
The Cessna hit an air pocket, dropped three hundred feet with a sickening lurch, and then soared to its correct altitude.
Then as he had signed for the rental car and picked up the keys from the night clerk, he had kept one hand in a pocket of his coat, gripping the handgun he'd taken off Vince in Las Vegas - but there was no trouble.
"I'll be okay." He tucked the pistol into his coat pocket again
Crouching beside one of those bushes, huddling in the shadows just beyond the circle of frosty light from a nearby street lamp, he pulled the pistol out of his coat pocket while Tina drove away.
Unable to prove his identity, he was required to pay for both nights in advance, which he did, taking the money from a wad of cash he'd stuck in his pocket rather than from the wallet that supposedly had been stolen.
Alexander took a Valium out of a tin that he carried in his jacket pocket, and he washed it down with a swallow of hot coffee, which he poured from the silver pot on his desk
'It was in my pocket.'
I thought that after we parted in the village, she must have come back here and - so I put the pistol in my pocket and left
We went up the path, and he took a key from his pocket
I couldn't think of an answer so I took the blue earring from my pocket
I picked it up and put it in my pocket
Then he took a small box from his pocket, took a pill from the box, and swallowed it with the water.
I took a box of matches from my pocket
Then I thought of something, and I took from my pocket the shiny brown stone I had found in the woods
I took it out, but as I did so, the bell rang again, so I put the letter in my pocket and opened the front door.
I then took out of my pocket the note that I had found in the vicarage letterbox
And he thought that it might be useful, so he put it in his pocket.
Then, when Mr Hawes was unconscious, he put this letter into his pocket
I put it in my pocket and went out.
I put the other letter in my pocket and ran to the station to get the first train to London