Example sentences of "pulling [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ At this point , they had been on the river for nearly three months , ’ he says , pulling lavishly at the bottle . |
| 2 | There 's a big dent in the nearside sill , but that was the result of Darren hitting something solid while pulling on to the grass verge of a Lake District lane to let another car through . |
| 3 | Pulling together for the Animals of Farthing Wood |
| 4 | The scene at the Town Hall was of an informal party of people of all stations ( excuse the pun ) in life , pulling together in the long-established South Shropshire manner , to have a good time . |
| 5 | Pulling together against the tide . |
| 6 | So we need , it 's simply a question of pulling in on the reasons for this , if it 's maternity , it 's suspension , it gives us much more understanding than simply globally assuming everybody who 's away is sick . |
| 7 | Avoid complicated thoughts of pulling down at the start of the downswing unless all else fails . |
| 8 | At first you will only be able to crouch down on the board , but as you get used to pulling down on the booms to pull yourself up again , you will be able to get lower . |
| 9 | PULLING DOWN FROM THE TOP |
| 10 | Matilda leapt into Miss Honey 's arms and hugged her , and Miss Honey hugged her back , and then the mother and father and brother were inside the car and the car was pulling away with the tyres screaming . |
| 11 | ‘ Stan , ’ said Lydia , abstractedly , pulling away at the feathers of the pheasant and strewing them about her . |
| 12 | Pulling away into the stream , she reflected happily that vengeance was oh , so sweet . |
| 13 | Eliot 's renunciation of primitivism and sexuality recalls this phrasing while pulling away from the world which had fascinated him earlier ; he sees from the fertile ‘ slotted window bellied like the fig 's fruit ’ how |
| 14 | McColgan , running only her second marathon , was always in control after pulling away from the pack inside the first five miles . |
| 15 | Greeting us sleepily , they began immediately to cast off The engine started and a moment later we were pulling away from the other barges in a wash of white water . |
| 16 | His departure will , of course , be a serious blow to our hopes of pulling away from the foot of the table . |
| 17 | As results get worse , I still manage to bluff the board into believing I have a long-term strategy that will see us pulling away from the bottom within weeks . |
| 18 | The fire tenders were pulling away from the doomed building as the two men pounded towards them , waving them down . |
| 19 | So you really you are pulling away from the dangers there now are n't you ? |
| 20 | The driver was already pulling away in the Rolls , and Edouard already striding towards the house . |
| 21 | As both sides were positive in their approach to the new laws , the game was fast and flowing , with Wasps pulling away in the final quarter to win 35–10 . |
| 22 | Had he woken up and looked out of one of the bedroom windows he would have seen his wife in the moonlight pulling desperately at the handle on a manhole cover . |
| 23 | Instead of pulling over onto the hard shoulder , opening the car bonnet and putting more oil in the engine , you take a hammer and bash out the oil warning light . |
| 24 | Pulling over to the right lane to turn right down the Royston Bypass |
| 25 | Then a car was heard pulling up at the gate ; either the bridal car or their uncle had come . |
| 26 | A grey car , immaculately clean , was just pulling up at the gate and a big man in a plain grey suit was getting out to open it . |
| 27 | There 's a bus pulling up at the stop proclaiming ‘ Lightwater Valley , Soopa Loopa ’ . |
| 28 | Wondering what would happen I tried pulling up on the boom as I went into a turn . |
| 29 | In my gybe , it seemed that by pulling up on the boom I was committing a lot of weight to the back which , although turning the board initially , caused it to lose speed through the turn . |
| 30 | Darley 's mount Starica stumbled on a path as the six runners in the Thorne Maiden Fillies Stakes , won by 11–2 chance Bella Parkes , were pulling up on the bend past the stands . |