Example sentences of "[noun sg] pulled [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Japanese High Command pulled out the BIA , sent Colonel Suzuki back to Japan , and finally disbanded his private army in July 1942 . |
| 2 | As soon as the ambulance pulled away the reporter made his way over to Jack . |
| 3 | But in this case the enlightened engineer was concerned to do precisely the opposite , and as the digger pulled back the rubble , he exposed an area of wall which looked for a moment as if it was made entirely of shiny cream bones . |
| 4 | I was on the grass below the paddock when Ronnie 's car pulled off the road with a completely inexplicable failure : inexplicable in that Ronnie could find no reason why his car , which had been going so well , should suddenly come to a halt . |
| 5 | The obstetrician pulled out the feet , then the bottom , then suddenly i had this huge sinking feeling as my bump disappeared and most of the baby shot out and landed on my tummy . |
| 6 | It was dark outside and The Fat Controller pulled up the velvet collar of his overcoat . |
| 7 | So they w they came out of this working man 's club on top of this hill pulled out the whole thing and all the balls rolled out . |
| 8 | As the train pulled out the senior conductor came round . |
| 9 | It is long and deep , the flesh pulled off the meat . |
| 10 | The woman pulled back the flap of the tent and Tallis , dying , saw a pale sun in the fields of snow . |
| 11 | The young man pulled forward the chair he had been sitting on and lifted one leg up on it . |
| 12 | However , a southbound freight would often be heard departing from Staveley perhaps ten minutes before the signal man pulled off the concrete post LNER signal . |
| 13 | Years later when The Great Bastard pulled down the monasteries and emptied the convents I took Johanna into my own home . |
| 14 | The headmaster pulled back the top right-hand drawer and |
| 15 | The nurse pulled up the metal sides and closed them with a clang so that Dot was like a caged prisoner . |
| 16 | The nurse pulled back the curtains . |
| 17 | Four times a day , the nurse pulled back the white cover , turned Dot on her side , pulled up the gown and thrust the needle in with the savage pain of a bayonet . |
| 18 | The day nurse pulled down the cream window blinds against the morning sun as Miranda entered . |