He tapped his pencil on the one he'd done that morning.

He bit the inside of his cheek and tapped his pencil against the desk.

Even as she threw up her hands, he tapped his pencil.

He tapped his pencil awhile, shredded some paper, then sat back and sighed.

The spokesman tapped his pencil against a pad of paper and considered.

She tapped her pencil against a notice on the menu.

He tapped his pencil on the corner of his desk.

The other nodded slowly, tapping his pencil on the table.

Lizzie tapped her pencil against the paper, writing nothing at all.

My lawyer tapped her pencil in the palm of her hand.