Example sentences of "pulled [adv] of the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The target of two-thirds of average earnings was literally pulled out of the air , in order to show how low the pay rates were in Wage Council industries . |
| 2 | The Parachute Regiment has pulled out of the Coalisland area of County Tyrone after clashes left three civilians with bullet wounds . |
| 3 | Though the effect is purely symbolic , even poetic , as well as chilling , much of its force depends on rapidly cutting away to Marion 's car being pulled out of the lake — a banal , everyday detail of the investigation that almost makes us doubt whether we really saw that skull , previously forced on the viewer with horrifying shock impact in the cellar scene . |
| 4 | In response to the news , Anglo United pulled out of the bidding for the company , explaining that the operation was now too small to be of any interest . |
| 5 | ‘ You did n't have to stand up for me just then , ’ she said steadily as soon as he had pulled out of the driveway . |
| 6 | But imagine what it is to live in a country where there is no safety net , just a rubber mat to break your fall , and then even that is pulled out of the way . |
| 7 | It is anticipated that with the Lord Mayor on board ‘ Lord Mayor ’ will be ceremonially pulled out of the Museum building by the winning team of a ‘ Sponsored Pull ’ to be held at the Ingrow Railway Centre a fortnight prior to this opening . |
| 8 | The Geordies pulled out of the race yesterday after Rangers placed the staggering price tag on their 26-year-old striker . |
| 9 | The phone rang and he moved to answer it , but the flex was pulled out of the wall by the police before he could speak . |
| 10 | The singer pulled out of the tour with a cold-related throat infection after cancelling some European concerts — including Wembley . |
| 11 | After he was pulled out of the tour following a four-match ban and then seeing Wakefield 's Michael Jackson make the trip after picking up a similar suspension , Goulding probably feels there 's a vendetta against him . |
| 12 | Mr McNeilage and another British research student , Jocelyn Milner , from Buckinghamshire , who arrived there earlier this month , should have pulled out of the centre in the tropical rainforest last week . |
| 13 | Paul Ince of Manchester United has pulled out of the England Under-21 squad for Tuesday 's European Championship match in Poland with an ankle injury . |
| 14 | Ford blamed the rises on the fall in the pound since the Government pulled out of the exchange rate mechanism in September . |
| 15 | Rijkaard and Van Basten had travelled to Holland but Milan did not want them to play and both pulled out of the squad , Rijkaard with flu , Van Basten claiming he was tired after his trip to Tokyo for the World Club Championship . |
| 16 | As the strains of the national anthem filled the hall , the editors of the party 's daily , Nepszabadsag , pulled out of the drawer a new , redesigned front page . |
| 17 | Bending springs have a loop on one end ( so that they can be pulled out of the pipe afterwards ) and come in different sizes for different pipe diameters . |
| 18 | Middlesbrough defender Nicky Mohan has pulled out of the event . |
| 19 | I was thinking particularly of my great-uncle George , the stories he had told , men pulled out of the sea half burned alive , the sudden explosions as another slow cargo vessel slid to the bottom , nobody stopping for survivors and the feeling of terror as the U-boats gradually picked the ships off until the one he was on was alone in the pattern . |
| 20 | Such is the tensile strength of individual laminations that some are seen to have been partially pulled out of the core during piston coring or by the wire during core splitting . |
| 21 | Instead it was nearly for Gary Player — and Player pulled out of the Championship after the second round ! |
| 22 | Lady Brabourne senior was pulled out of the water alive , but died in hospital the next day . |
| 23 | Less than 12 months after Steve Pate was pulled out of the Ryder Cup singles on medical grounds much the same thing happened at the recent PGA Cup match at Kildare . |
| 24 | The man stood thoughtfully on the platform as the train slowly pulled out of the station . |
| 25 | Just as the train pulled out of the station a lorry load of soldiers drove in like maniacs . |
| 26 | He wonders why Thorneycroft was pulled out of the student squad and Pepper was not when it 's obvious that openside flanker is a position where England have strength in depth whereas not on the wing . |
| 27 | The senders of the first three questionnaires pulled out of the postbag will each win a Delight personal diet analysis and healthy eating programme . |
| 28 | The bag should be emptied before it gets about half full and this is achieved by turning the bag anti-clockwise so that the spout can be pulled out of the dust port . |
| 29 | People have pulled out of the show with just hours to go , and then it 's not a question of who would go best with the other guests , it 's a case of ‘ Who 's free ? ’ |
| 30 | Rip Torn , who was first choice for the part that Nicholson eventually played had finally rejected the pleadings of Fonda and Hopper and pulled out of the project . |