Example sentences of "[pron] pulled [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 | Had to sleep with both eyes open in case somebody pulled out a knife on him . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | She pulled up a chair and patted it invitingly . |
| 9 | She pulled out a file from a drawer in her desk , took out a fresh form and began to fill it in . |
| 10 | So she pulled out a rolled up tenner and a small packet . |
| 11 | She pulled out a squat leather-bound volume and blew the dust off the top . |
| 12 | Unbuttoning her pocket , she pulled out a packet of fruit-gums . |
| 13 | She pulled out a chair and positioned it between Karelius and Moreau , who struggled awkwardly to their feet to assist her . |
| 14 | When they 'd turned the comer , she pulled out a bottle of champagne from under her coat . |
| 15 | She pulled out a penknife and started stabbing , hoping to break some vital connection . |
| 16 | Reaching into her case she pulled out a pair of ugly buttoned boots . |
| 17 | She pulled out a notepad from her briefcase , opened the tape-recorder she had brought . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | She pulled out a stalk and wound it round her hand , watching it cut into her flesh . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | She pulled off a fluffy piece and with sticky fingers offered it to Uncle Albert . |
| 22 | She pulled off a handful of pink candyfloss and handed it to him . |
| 23 | She pulled down a bulky volume from the shelf beside her and thumbed through it . |
| 24 | Piece of coal as long as that , a foot wide and foot , like a foot square we pulled off a |
| 25 | She said : ‘ One pulled out a knife and I thought he was going to kill me . |
| 26 | Together they pulled off a crime which cost their company 's banks and creditors more than eight million pounds . |
| 27 | On the league front , Eurodata collected their first point of the season in division one when they pulled back a 3-1 deficit against Stretton Lucas ( Curry , Hughes , Clements ) to draw a 3-3 draw , with Chris Melia ( 2 ) and Neil Smith scoring . |
| 28 | United took off Lee Nogan and brought on Mark Stein and just when the game seemed to be slipping from their grasp , they pulled back a vital goal through Martin Foyle . |
| 29 | He pulled up a piece of grass and began to chew it thoughtfully . |
| 30 | He pulled up a chair and sat down . |