Example sentences of "and pull him [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Nicholson reached across the desk , grabbing Hugo by the lapels and pulling him towards him .
2 The Doctor ran for cover , grabbing the poet 's sleeve and pulling him to the side .
3 ‘ We 're not playing , Connelly , ’ Farrell told him and pulled him across the hot and clammy room .
4 The shapechanger grabbed Chopra 's hair and pulled him off the ground .
5 Isobel stared at him , then laughed , drew her arm through his and pulled him towards the door .
6 And Kate 's mother had put her arm around him and pulled him towards her .
7 Katherine took her father 's hand and pulled him towards her room .
8 She held out a hand and , when he took it , heaved him upright and pulled him towards the bedroom .
9 He wedged his clothes into a gap between boulders above the waterline , then grabbed Carey 's feet and pulled him towards the edge .
10 They reached out and pulled him into the Ship .
11 Soon , however , we discovered Magwitch in the water , badly injured , and pulled him into the boat .
12 Then one of the men gave a shout , seized the boy by a leg and pulled him into the hall .
13 She prised her husband 's fingers from the edge of the door and pulled him into the hall .
14 and pulled him into the machine and made a right mess of his arm .
15 Pushing himself from the wall he grabbed Tommy 's jacket and pulled him along the road .
16 Hurriedly she took a fresh grip on Adam and pulled him round the side of a broken column , out of sight .
17 De Craon comes here , ’ he added bitterly , ‘ with his false face and lying tongue … the fellow would n't know the truth if it jumped up and pulled him by his pointed nose ! ’
18 And he was sure that the man was begging now , for he was holding out his other hand with the palm upwards ; except that then O thought that maybe the gesture had another meaning , maybe the man was extending his hand in the hope that some passer by might take it , grasp it firmly and pull him to his feet .
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