Example sentences of "pulled up [prep] the [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lorry pulled up beside the pile of sacks and the driver went into the office . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The conveyance came around the corner , quite recklessly , and pulled up at the sight of him . |
| 4 | A small brown dog scurried out of the undergrowth , pulled up at the sight of another human , then rushed towards her . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | We pulled up at the end of the schooling stretch and trotted back to where Tremayne stood with his binoculars . |
| 7 | ‘ Right , constable , you can report in now , ’ Bragg said , as they pulled up at the end of Bartholomew Close . |
| 8 | They pulled up at the end of the gallop . |
| 9 | Laidlaw drove past it and pulled up at the end of the dirt road . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . ’ |
| 12 | 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 . |