Example sentences of "[conj] pull [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Inflation of the theatricality of the social drama leads detectives to lay emphasis on ‘ the big job ’ and the arrest of the professional ‘ prig ’ who commits the big burglary or pulls off a daring robbery . |
| 2 | Estabrook reached into his inside pocket , as if to pull out the letter , but with his fingers upon it he hesitated . |
| 3 | The military visitors saw a prisoner in top boots , oilskin and sou'wester angling and pulling out a dripping clog . |
| 4 | ‘ Got any money ? ’ she asked Jane , fishing deep into the pocket of her broad canvas belt and pulling out a shilling and three pennies . |
| 5 | Tilting the head back , aiming accurately and pulling down the lower lid were other areas of difficulty . |
| 6 | Therefore it is true to say that , when a person stiffens the neck muscles and pulls back the head , not only is the body 's natural coordination being obstructed but it is also being prevented from returning to its natural state of ease and equilibrium . |
| 7 | Bernard leafs through the vast vinyl collection propped up against his bedroom wall , and pulls out a freshly-purchased copy of Television 's ‘ Marquee Moon ’ to illustrate Tom Verlaine 's mastery of the tasteful , moving solo . |
| 8 | ‘ Gotcha , ’ Claire says , and pulls out a black box . |
| 9 | Someone gets strangled in the wire and pulls out the plug . |
| 10 | The launcher shoots out the pilot kite , which opens , catches the wind , and pulls out the main kite . |
| 11 | He subsided and pulled up a crate . |
| 12 | Whitlock smiled and pulled up a chair . |
| 13 | He slipped through the door and pulled up a stool as I lay on the bed . |
| 14 | She shot him an angry look , but all she received in return was a derisively raised eyebrow , and , when Claudine came back to their table and pulled up a chair with the ease of a spoiled favourite , Alain gave her all his attention and left Jenna to try to pull Marguerite back into some sort of pleasure at this irritating treat . |
| 15 | He placed it on a bale of straw and pulled up an upturned bucket as a chair before hopping on to a meal bin where he sat like a pixie on a toadstool with his arms around his knees , regarding me with keen anticipation . |
| 16 | She saw the dawn when it came and pulled up the blind . |
| 17 | But at night the Duke locked the door of her room , and pulled up the drawbridge . |
| 18 | Adam quickly crossed to the desk , leant behind it and pulled up the register . |
| 19 | He reached across and pulled up the blanket until it covered the boy 's chest . |
| 20 | From these depths , England went to India and pulled off a remarkable triumph after losing the first Test , and then beat Australia 3–1 in 1985 . |
| 21 | He jumped out of the van and pulled off a sack that was hiding something in the back of the truck . |
| 22 | The result will also give a huge lift to Alex Ferguson 's Manchester United team who were originally due to travel to Norwich today but went there instead on Tuesday and pulled off a significant victory . |
| 23 | I drove north into Georgia and pulled off the road into Brunswick . |
| 24 | He clambered over and pulled off the covering so quickly her hair bushed out like a halo . |
| 25 | Folly cut the tape that sealed the box nearest to her and pulled off the lid . |
| 26 | Guido slipped an arm around her and bent to kiss her , then reached out suddenly to the stone urn beside them and pulled off the stem of a red geranium . |
| 27 | Mr Corden took over as chairman in 1989 and pulled off an immediate coup by appointing Brian Little as manager . |
| 28 | Here it is , he said and pulled out a bottle of foul-looking medicine that could well have been the very stuff that Dr Jekyll used to turn himself into Mr Hyde . |
| 29 | He reached in carefully and pulled out a handful of letters . |
| 30 | Marie sighed and pulled out a dining-chair from under the table . |