Sentence examples for wrong pockets from inspiring English sources

"I mean," said Peggy, "that sometimes people get dropped in the wrong pockets by mistake".

After the world gave money to help, Pouria said, he saw a lot of it disappear in the wrong pockets.

Instead of flowing toward reconstruction, much of the international money has ended up in the wrong pockets.

No one knows for sure how much money is lost each year, but Mr Gariyo calculates that between $100m and $175m goes into the wrong pockets.

"All they wanted was more oil and more revenue to go in the wrong pockets.We got no benefit.

Classroom sizes have not exponentially grown, and too much of the budget for schools goes into the wrong pockets — doled out by the wrong hands.

If we had them 'in our pocket,' we had them in the wrong pocket.

"They are just digging into the wrong pocket to make it.

Flustered and nervous, incapable of looking anywhere but the ground, Charlie reached into the wrong pocket and shook into the valet's hand all the money we had left for the rest of our holiday.

A 76-year-old member of the social club, the Fellow Craft Club, was supposed to fire a gun loaded with blanks, but reached into the wrong pocket, drew a licensed, loaded gun and shot Mr. James, 47, in the face.

Have a "wrong-pockets" problem.