Example sentences of "pulled up [prep] the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | It lost speed and pulled up outside the kiosk with a squeal of brakes . |
2 | The lorry pulled up beside the pile of sacks and the driver went into the office . |
3 | Carrie stood behind the counter of the dining rooms with her fair hair pulled up at the back of her head and held in place with a pair of large bone combs . |
4 | The conveyance came around the corner , quite recklessly , and pulled up at the sight of him . |
5 | A small brown dog scurried out of the undergrowth , pulled up at the sight of another human , then rushed towards her . |
6 | So saying , she pulled up at the gateway of a two-storey farmhouse used as the holiday and weekend home of her friends Mr and Mrs Clay . |
7 | We pulled up at the end of the schooling stretch and trotted back to where Tremayne stood with his binoculars . |
8 | ‘ Right , constable , you can report in now , ’ Bragg said , as they pulled up at the end of Bartholomew Close . |
9 | They pulled up at the end of the gallop . |
10 | Laidlaw drove past it and pulled up at the end of the dirt road . |
11 | They overtook him when he was n't expecting it ; they pulled up at the side of the road and trapped him behind them ; they got in front of him at traffic-lights and then decided to turn right . |
12 | They were standing there , eating crisps , their minds blank , when suddenly a smart green mini pulled up at the steps before them . |
13 | Nearly 200 vehicles pulled up at the roadside on the A38 just south of Gloucester . |
14 | On the way back he pulled up on the side of the road and just said mum and him could n't live together any more . ’ |
15 | As soon as they pulled up in the courtyard of Broom House , Joanna jumped out and said jubilantly , ‘ Mr Jarvis has been putting me through my paces with regard to pigs . |
16 | As Gerry and his fellow villagers talked of the better days to come , a carload of American tourists pulled up in the street beside him and asked for directions to ‘ Dannygal ’ . |