Example sentences of "pull [adv prt] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now I 'm going to pull down a whole pile of these things and make a nest out of them so we 'll be warm and cosy until we 're rescued from each other . ’ |
| 2 | Loudon himself , though anxious to ‘ discard those fanciful comfortless dwellings which are often erected as ornamental cottages ’ , admits that he would ‘ scarcely have courage to pull down a fine old specimen of a picturesque cottage , unless in a case of extreme necessity ’ . |
| 3 | Next it was Nixon 's turn in the Tranmere goal to pull off a spectacular save from Mitchell . |
| 4 | The two counties met in last year 's Ulster final at Armagh and in one of the best games seen in the province all year Tyrone came from behind in the second half to pull off a memorable victory after having been reduced to fourteen players . |
| 5 | And , the court was told , the caper was just like the film Best of Friends in which Kirk Douglas and Burt Lancaster play two old lags who decide to pull off a final robbery . |
| 6 | RISC watcher Andrew Allison remembered FRISC as a merchant chip attempt and says he laughed at Micron months ago when it announced the subsidiary because it did n't have the resources or market presence to pull off a new proprietary architecture . |
| 7 | Meanwhile , Francois Boutin 's bid to pull off a clean sweep of the French Classics rests with Accommodating in the French Oaks at Chantilly on Sunday . |
| 8 | Credit must be given to the home keeper Alan Godden who had to pull off a few good saves . |
| 9 | In fact , the SNP was the only party to pull out a higher vote in October . |
| 10 | GIGN , with the finish of all but the parachuting stage within sight , gave up all chances to sleep for 58 hours to pull out a three hour lead over the second placed team , L'Arche . |
| 11 | What I would like to do with the financi financial commentary , is because it is , is an historic document , I would like to pull out a few plums which we can team brief . |
| 12 | I could give examples of how people have been pursued beyond the grave to pull back a few miserly pounds of poll tax payment . |
| 13 | CORNARD United were desperately close to pulling off a famous victory , with cup holders Sudbury being saved by a late goal to force a replay , writes ALAN COCKSEDGE . |
| 14 | Fortunately , Alan Judge was in fine form , pulling off a great save to keep Hereford in the game . |
| 15 | Shearer demonstrating just why he is the most complete striker in the game today , was always at the heart of Blackburn 's best moves , and in the 55th minute he instigated an attack which culminated in Mike Hooper pulling off a desperate save to keep out a Gordon Cowans drive . |
| 16 | In the other semi-final , Marine , of the HFS Loans League , will be confident of reaching Wembley after pulling back a 2–0 deficit at Witton Albion . |
| 17 | He broke off to unlock another drawer , pulling out a sealed buff envelope . |
| 18 | Pulling out a small pen torch he illuminated Chrissie 's small car , its green paintwork dulled with dust and the fact that she had n't cleaned or waxed it for months . |
| 19 | Paul caught the ring , gave it a cursory glance and thrust it into his pocket , at the same time pulling out a small parcel . |
| 20 | The military visitors saw a prisoner in top boots , oilskin and sou'wester angling and pulling out a dripping clog . |
| 21 | Twoflower , meanwhile , had thrown back the lid of the Luggage and was hastily pulling out a heavy black cube . |
| 22 | He moves toward the right corner of the wide hallway , waving on his audience , then turns to take his briefcase from me , pulling out a thick blue stack of Muslim tracts . |
| 23 | She pulled down a bulky volume from the shelf beside her and thumbed through it . |
| 24 | Steele was continually involved , beginning with a penalty goal in the opening seconds after Leicester had pulled down a driving maul . |
| 25 | Tynedale pulled off a marvellous 2–1 win against Tynemouth , while Billingham ended a successful season by beating Morpeth 2–0 with well taken goals by Nigel Skerritt and Tim Johnson . |
| 26 | Just when their prospects appeared to be at the lowest ebb , Murray , in the 3,000 metres , and McKean , at 800m , pulled off a golden double triumph in Toronto at the World Indoor Championships . |
| 27 | Before the break , record signing Lenny Johnrose got his one and only chance but Roger Freestone pulled off a good save . |
| 28 | He converted from close range after Villa goalkeeper Mark Bosnich pulled off a desperate save to keep out a Gary Megson point-blank header from Ian Crook 's corner . |
| 29 | Taylor pulled off a great stop from Dave Gilbert in the 36th minute and two minutes later made the save of the match to tip over Tony Rees 's header . |
| 30 | Monique Javer pulled off a rare victory on grass only her third in six years beating Marianne Werdel 6–4 7–5 . |