Example sentences of "[pron] pull [adv prt] a " in BNC.

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1 I pulled up a few tufts of grass and covered the blood .
2 ‘ Who did you say you were looking for ? ’ she asked suspiciously as I pulled up a weatherbeaten bus seat .
3 I had my trumpet case on my knee and half a carriage to myself , so I pulled out a paperback of Gore Vidal 's latest Essays and read the one where he thinks he gets confused with Anthony Burgess .
4 The configuration of lights speed up , broaden , and throw different shadows into the car as I pull up a freeway ramp .
5 Yes and there If I If I pull up a bit and back out there .
6 Much to Dudley Moore 's surprise , I pull out a small shiny silver pistol and blast him right between the eyes .
7 I feel a wooden handle ; I pull out a ten-inch hunting knife with a serrated blade .
8 I pull out a handful at random …
9 Had to sleep with both eyes open in case somebody pulled out a knife on him . ’
10 Ultimate Joinery ( Ritchie Hetherington , Colin Martindale , Mark Nairn ) beat Thirlmere 3-0 and Eric Dawson was a three-goal ace for Walford Maritime , who pulled back a 2-0 deficit to win 5-3 against Caldway .
11 Haslemere sweeper Ferguson and the defence of Crombie , Hull and man-of-the-match Cracknell were pushed to protect 'keeper Bradshaw who pulled off a remarkable stick save .
12 And Cambridge almost wrapped up the game in the first few minutes of the second half but were denied by Oldham goalkeeper John Keeley , who pulled off an excellent save to push away a curling , 20-yard Chris Leadbetter free-kick , then fingertipped a header from Mick Heathcote on to the crossbar .
13 She pulled up a chair and patted it invitingly .
14 She pulled out a file from a drawer in her desk , took out a fresh form and began to fill it in .
15 So she pulled out a rolled up tenner and a small packet .
16 She pulled out a squat leather-bound volume and blew the dust off the top .
17 Unbuttoning her pocket , she pulled out a packet of fruit-gums .
18 She pulled out a chair and positioned it between Karelius and Moreau , who struggled awkwardly to their feet to assist her .
19 When they 'd turned the comer , she pulled out a bottle of champagne from under her coat .
20 She pulled out a penknife and started stabbing , hoping to break some vital connection .
21 Reaching into her case she pulled out a pair of ugly buttoned boots .
22 She pulled out a notepad from her briefcase , opened the tape-recorder she had brought .
23 Her hair was in a simple pony-tail , and she pulled out a cotton peaked cap in the team colours for wearing on the track .
24 She pulled out a stalk and wound it round her hand , watching it cut into her flesh .
25 But she pulled off a 6–4 , 6–7 , 6–3 victory over Alison Smith , the 23rd ranked Briton , in 2hr 3min to justify the attention afforded to a rather meaningless tennis encounter .
26 She pulled off a fluffy piece and with sticky fingers offered it to Uncle Albert .
27 She pulled off a handful of pink candyfloss and handed it to him .
28 She pulled down a bulky volume from the shelf beside her and thumbed through it .
29 Imagine , he says , a radio set that works perfectly until you pull out a single component but then proceeds to emit a high-pitched whine .
30 Ian , a cracking debut ; first of all take us through that er first half save , you had nothing to do , conditions awful and yet you pull off a save like that .
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