1.   Despite the above, I voted for Labour although its victory would have hit my pocket.

2.   The row has brought many French roads to a standstill -- and hit the pockets of British Hauliers caught up in the jams.

3.   A ball that hits the pocket straight on will deflect away from the pins, rather than ricocheting through the pyramid.

4.   Diabetes is a growing problem nationwide, but it is hitting pockets of Kansas City particularly hard.

5.   Four wells that have hit gas pockets were flaring Friday, Johnson said.

6.   If they hit a gas pocket while drilling, the resulting blowout can sink the rig.

7.   Rogers watches Flo warm up by hitting the pocket dead on again, daring the teetering ten pin not to fall this time.

8.   The company blamed plunging Asian currencies, which hit the pockets of consumers in Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia.

9.   Higher interest rates and lower stock prices also would severely damage public confidence and hit the pockets of many Hong Kong people who have property mortgages and stock investments.

10.   Miners at the Red Star Coal Mine in mountainous Sichuan province were digging when they hit a pocket of poison gas trapped in the rock, the report said.