Example sentences of "had pull [adv prt] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The policeman saw the car coming straight towards him , and thought he was going to be hit , and had to pull in to the side of the road . |
| 2 | Torrance almost had to pull out of the Lancome Trophy at St Nom La Bretesche when a foot disorder he has had for some time flared up during the final round . |
| 3 | First , the 40ft Southern Cross had to pull out of the race with rigging problems ; Prime Factor was recalled at the start ; and the third boat , Sagacious V , faces another protest which is likely to see her heavily penalised . |
| 4 | Last season it became so inflamed that he had to pull out of the Carolls Irish Open at Portmarnock . |
| 5 | Sadly , Fiji , unable to pay the travel bill , had to pull out of the tournament , while the organisers had to chip in a hefty contribution to secure the presence of the New Zealanders . |
| 6 | because I had to pull out round the stationery vehicle as well , I would off taken too long getting out |
| 7 | She felt grubby , tired and , now that the car had pulled up outside the cottage , sickeningly tense . |
| 8 | Now she had pulled up outside the village shop and was yelling to them to bring her out an ice-cream . |
| 9 | A car had pulled up by the gate . |
| 10 | ‘ You did n't have to stand up for me just then , ’ she said steadily as soon as he had pulled out of the driveway . |
| 11 | Adam remembered the BMW that had pulled out of the complex when he walked past earlier . |
| 12 | Lewis had pulled in behind the taxi , and was in time to find Morse slowly — reluctantly ? — pushing two £10 notes into the slot of a Charity Bottle . |
| 13 | Johnson 's forces had pulled back from the centre at the request of Dogonyaro . |
| 14 | More or less deliberately , what Lord Robert Cecil had pulled off in the peace Ballot was an irresistible fusion of pacifism and patriotism . |