Example sentences of "pull off [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ITV … here 's a big welcome back , to an old favourite Perfect Scoundrels , starring Peter Bowles and Bryan Murray as two con artists never quite able to pull off a dodge deal . |
| 2 | Since taking over as Brazil 's manager on 6 January , Sebastiano Lazaroni has attempted to pull off a transformation that has hitherto seemed impossible in Brazilian football . |
| 3 | IN the first few minutes Armagh could have opened the scoring when Eugene Mullan was forced to pull off a string of good saves . |
| 4 | A professional golfer tries to pull off a confidence trick against his own body . |
| 5 | Stockton South MP Tim Devlin says a new winter storage site may have been found for families being forced to pull off a site at Stockton by April 1 . |
| 6 | Mathers twisted his head to pull off the bite he 'd taken ; he chewed for a while . |
| 7 | He carried on past and found a place to pull off the road , and then he collected together his flashlight and a roll of tools and set off to walk the short distance back . |
| 8 | This section of land lies between the canal and the River Tame and leads along to the A5127 northeast-bound where there might be room for a vehicle to pull off the road into the gateway to load up beneath the M6 . |
| 9 | Back in the surgery Sophie found Joanna giving the squirrel some milk and saw to her relief that he had not tried to pull off the dressing . |
| 10 | But Beaumont is already confident that the eight-year-old will make a bold bid to pull off the feat in 12 months ' time . |
| 11 | By 1977 the family had accumulated enough capital , acumen and experience to pull off the property deal of the century : the purchase for $120m of eight Manhattan skyscrapers when the city of New York was on the brink of bankruptcy . |
| 12 | At first , they tried to pull off the dogs with their hands and then used their truncheons . |
| 13 | through , through the system , but what that ca n't do is to pull off the arrears amount . |
| 14 | Stuart Barnes , who captained England B superbly , warned : ‘ Their pack is strong , their scrum solid and England must play at their best to stop these guys pulling off a shock . ’ |
| 15 | He was a stout , rather handsome boy of thirteen , grey flannelled , pulling off a school cap . |
| 16 | But for the first time in his eight months in office , Mr Kaifu now has a chance of pulling off a coup big enough to ensure his survival as prime minister . |
| 17 | North , second in the table and also undefeated , have given themselves a great chance of pulling off a win which will close the gap at the top . |
| 18 | Harvey was certainly reliable but I think he was also capable of pulling off the classic save ( as in the Leeds-Arsenal Cup final ) . |
| 19 | She was fanning her cheeks desultorily when she realised with a start that they were pulling off the road and Niall was bringing the car to a halt . |
| 20 | Nutty scowled , pulling off the glasses . |
| 21 | And after pulling off the midfielder on the hour , Branfoot admitted : ‘ I could see Terry being sent off and I did n't want him missing matches . |
| 22 | Alas , they had no high chairs for nine month old Daniel , and it was with a sinking heart that I picked up the menu , while trying to hold the baby and prevent toddler Michael from pulling off the tablecloth . |
| 23 | He begins without ceremony by pulling off the blouse and flinging it in the gully . |
| 24 | She went to the full-length mirror beside her dressing-table , pulling off the headband she had worn in the bath and releasing the glossy brown hair that tumbled almost to her shoulders . |
| 25 | He pulled off a couple of cracking saves , and for the first time this season United kept everything out . |
| 26 | Two days before Pearce died in June , one of his horses , Father Hayes , pulled off a £500,000 betting coup . |
| 27 | He jumped out of the van and pulled off a sack that was hiding something in the back of the truck . |
| 28 | STEFAN Edberg 's hopes of a third successive US Open crown came to an abrupt end when Karel Novacek pulled off a shock victory at Flushing Meadow . |
| 29 | Norman Crawford then pulled off a master stroke , introducing McConnell , and he set up Mark Burns for a short corner strike in the 46th minute before adding two goals himself in the space of five minutes to leave Holywood 4–2 ahead . |
| 30 | The climax to the main event saw Wrexham 's Simon Ainley pave the way for an appearance in the final against North London 's Martin Adebisi , after he pulled off a surprise victory in the event 's semi-final over Sunderland 's top seed Ashley Kershaw , by a 7–6 7–5 margin . |