Example sentences of "pulled [adv prt] of [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But while Abbey National and Prudential , a large insurer , have pulled out of similar chains , the Halifax has not . |
| 2 | Once before , Israeli troops pulled out of Palestinian refugee camps — in Lebanon during the Israeli invasion of 1982 . |
| 3 | He does n't have to steer at all ; he does n't look at his compass ; he need not even run his engines : his vessel is quite literally pulled out of one ocean and into the other by a sextet of electrically-powered ( and Japanese-made ) trains called ‘ mules ’ which run on American cast-iron rails beside the lock-gates of the Canal : all the captain has to do is stand on the bridge and watch , listen to the genial Yankee twang of his assigned American pilot and experience a transport of delight . |
| 4 | Drawers had been pulled out of military chests , left on the floor . |
| 5 | Lyons has pulled out of next week 's Veterans ' World Cup in Italy to take charge of a team which competes in an Asian League as well as the Asian Cup . |
| 6 | The South Sussex team was also more than compensated by the rock solidarity of a boy called Paul Hedley at back , and the dazzling Sherwood brothers , Randolph and Merlin , who 'd pulled out of high goal polo for a fortnight to piss it up with the Pony Club . |