Example sentences of "[pers pn] pulled out [art] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | I pulled out the compass , held it horizontally close to my eyes , let the needle settle onto north , looked that way and mapped the first few feet in my mind . |
3 | The Doctor , in top hat and frock coat , looked confidently out at me from the label as I pulled out the cork and took a sniff . |
4 | And er it was lovely and we were enjoying it until I pulled out the whole chicken 's head . |
5 | I pulled out the stool which Billy must have sat at the desk on , and began to rifle through things in no particular order . |
6 | She pulled out a file from a drawer in her desk , took out a fresh form and began to fill it in . |
7 | So she pulled out a rolled up tenner and a small packet . |
8 | She pulled out a squat leather-bound volume and blew the dust off the top . |
9 | Unbuttoning her pocket , she pulled out a packet of fruit-gums . |
10 | She pulled out a chair and positioned it between Karelius and Moreau , who struggled awkwardly to their feet to assist her . |
11 | When they 'd turned the comer , she pulled out a bottle of champagne from under her coat . |
12 | She pulled out a penknife and started stabbing , hoping to break some vital connection . |
13 | Reaching into her case she pulled out a pair of ugly buttoned boots . |
14 | She pulled out a notepad from her briefcase , opened the tape-recorder she had brought . |
15 | 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 . |
16 | She pulled out a stalk and wound it round her hand , watching it cut into her flesh . |
17 | McKenzie tried to push her head under water but she pulled out the plug . |
18 | She pulled out the carpet-bag . |
19 | She pulled out the kitchen trash hopper , a laundry-basket kind of affair on squeaky castors , and set Donald on his journey to duck heaven by dropping him into the grey plastic liner . |
20 | So why was her heart beating so wildly as she pulled out the card , as if its message was somehow important ? |
21 | When it steadied she pulled out the bath plug and knelt to hold her protesting head under the running water from the tap . |
22 | Unfortunately his foot was in it at the time and I slammed it , at which point he pulled out a badge and said he was a cop . |
23 | I gathered from Doone 's face that it was n't the type of answer he 'd expected , but he pulled out a notebook and wrote down the reply as given , checking that he 'd got it right . |
24 | He pulled out a folded check golfing cap from his pocket and rammed it low over his forehead . |
25 | He pulled out a folded sheet of paper from his inside pocket . |
26 | He pulled out a correspondence file between a landlord and tenant in Ruislip — nearly eighty pages devoted to conflict over responsibility for a dustbin area — and tried to concentrate . |
27 | He pulled out a transparent bag and held it up in front of Jed 's eyes . |
28 | With a flourish he pulled out a jersey of many colours . |
29 | He pulled out a gun and , according to his testimony , one of the youths ‘ bumped into the gun ’ . |
30 | He pulled out a folder from the top shelf . |