Example sentences of "[pron] pulled down the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | But I did discover where they had been coming in — through the stable and into the wall — and where they had resided when I pulled down the ceiling lathes in the dairy and a load of old nests and rat droppings fell on to my head . |
| 2 | When they was all out at work on Monday , I could stand it no longer , I pulled down the loft ladder and dragged meself up it , plaster and all . |
| 3 | Donna had managed to disguise the worst of the bruising on her top lip beneath some foundation cream and a little rouge had given at least some artificial colour to her cheeks , but as she pulled down the sun-visor on the driver 's side and peered into the mirror she realized she looked as tired as she felt . |
| 4 | She gathered her straggly hair into a bun at the back of her head , holding it with her left hand while she pulled down the polo neck of her thin jumper . |
| 5 | The struggle for survival is all that he knows : ‘ When we were in charge during the riots , ’ he says ‘ we pulled down the national flag outside the supermarket . |
| 6 | Then he pulled down the oven door , smelt the sweet , fatty smell of the meat and knew that it was probably this very fact that accounted for his decision to go through with the business . |
| 7 | I walked to him and , as he pulled down the lower part of the head-wrap from across his mouth , he introduced himself as Idris . |
| 8 | He pulled down the blankets and fumbled for his matches . |
| 9 | Then he pulled down the sheet , which was all the bedclothes she had needed on that warm night , and she lay naked before him . |
| 10 | He pulled down the people on both sides of him . |
| 11 | He pulled down the wires that had let Jekub taste the electricity . |