Example sentences of "pull [adv prt] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Lori McNeil , the lowest ranked player in the field , pulled off a 7–6 ( 7–1 ) , 6–4 first round victory in the Virginia Slims Championships for her biggest triumph in nine years on the women 's tennis circuit . |
| 32 | But memories were stirred this season as the Robins pulled off a brilliant first round win over Chester to put themselves 90 minutes away from another era of fame and fortune . |
| 33 | 2.50:DAVID Nicholson pulled off a tremendous training performance when Duntree won at Cheltenham after two years off the track . |
| 34 | LYNDA Ramsden pulled off a tremendous training performance when saddling High Premium to win the William Hill Lincoln , and Will of Steel to finish third , at Doncaster today . |
| 35 | He pulled off a tremendous save from Sukristovas in the first half and denied the same player in the second . |
| 36 | Langley pulled off a major surprise by beating title-chasing Gretna 2–1 away from home , despite having a man sent off . |
| 37 | 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 . |
| 38 | Haslemere sweeper Ferguson and the defence of Crombie , Hull and man-of-the-match Cracknell were pushed to protect 'keeper Bradshaw who pulled off a remarkable stick save . |
| 39 | She pulled off a fluffy piece and with sticky fingers offered it to Uncle Albert . |
| 40 | In Section B Colwyn Bay Cons crushed Llandudno A 12–2 while Llanrwst A ran out 11–3 victors over Llanfairpwll B. Conwy A pulled off a 9–5 victory at Caernarfon while Craig-yDon 's home fixture with Rhuddlan was postponed . |
| 41 | But she pulled off a 6–4 , 6–7 , 6–3 victory over Alison Smith , the 23rd ranked Briton , in 2hr 3min to justify the attention afforded to a rather meaningless tennis encounter . |
| 42 | By then , however , Villa should n't have needed to worry , or breathe a sigh of relief in the final minute when goalkeeper Nigel Spink pulled off a fine save from Wright . |
| 43 | Greg Helsby , the up and coming youngster from Grange Park , pulled off a fine , if surprise , win in the Lancashire County Championship at S & A. |
| 44 | 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 . |
| 45 | And with five minutes remaining , United keeper Peter Schmeichel pulled off a magnificent double-save from Quinn and then David White to ensure victory . |
| 46 | The Americans have pulled off a technological miracle to stage the US Cup game against Germany in Detroit 's Silverdome . |
| 47 | Blackadder and Wolf crossed in the second-half , when Scotland were at least able to ensnare some ball for Nicol , Dods and Townsend to release Stanger for a try , his second distinguishing act of the tie , having earlier pulled off a try-saving tackle . |
| 48 | The Metropolis in Saltcoats , for example , recently pulled off a major coup by securing a live set from Chaka Khan . |
| 49 | GARRYOWEN have pulled off a major coup with the appointment of former All Blacks captain Andy Leslie as coach for the next two seasons . |
| 50 | While Lady Chatterley outrages viewers on BBC1 , and Carlton Television invest in a major three-part drama called A Woman 's Guide to Adultery ( to be screened in the autumn ) Ray has pulled off a major scoop now . |
| 51 | David McCathie fought back from 22–12 down at 17 ends and almost pulled off a five on the last which would have secured another point for Essex but Paul Maynard continued his winning momentum to ensure the overall venue win . |
| 52 | pulled off a double victory , when their drum corps defeated the World Champions — Shotts and Dykehead — to win first in the drumming section , and first in Marching and Deportment . |
| 53 | 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 . |
| 54 | ‘ Who did you say you were looking for ? ’ she asked suspiciously as I pulled up a weatherbeaten bus seat . |
| 55 | As it happened he pulled up a shattered Kersil seven from home . |
| 56 | I pulled up a few tufts of grass and covered the blood . |
| 57 | He pulled up a high stool and stood , his bottom propped on the stool , which he used like a shooting stick , his painting posture for these latter days . |
| 58 | ‘ Gotcha , ’ Claire says , and pulls out a black box . |
| 59 | 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 . |
| 60 | On the league front , Eurodata collected their first point of the season in division one when they pulled back a 3-1 deficit against Stretton Lucas ( Curry , Hughes , Clements ) to draw a 3-3 draw , with Chris Melia ( 2 ) and Neil Smith scoring . |