Example sentences of "pulled [adv prt] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Steele was continually involved , beginning with a penalty goal in the opening seconds after Leicester had pulled down a driving maul . |
2 | On Friday night after he had pulled down the blind Dan Salmon handed over five sovereigns to Charlie along with several wafers of matzos . |
3 | The Americans have pulled off a technological miracle to stage the US Cup game against Germany in Detroit 's Silverdome . |
4 | Blackadder and Wolf crossed in the second-half , when Scotland were at least able to ensnare some ball for Nicol , Dods and Townsend to release Stanger for a try , his second distinguishing act of the tie , having earlier pulled off a try-saving tackle . |
5 | While Lady Chatterley outrages viewers on BBC1 , and Carlton Television invest in a major three-part drama called A Woman 's Guide to Adultery ( to be screened in the autumn ) Ray has pulled off a major scoop now . |
6 | The Metropolis in Saltcoats , for example , recently pulled off a major coup by securing a live set from Chaka Khan . |
7 | GARRYOWEN have pulled off a major coup with the appointment of former All Blacks captain Andy Leslie as coach for the next two seasons . |
8 | pulled off a double victory , when their drum corps defeated the World Champions — Shotts and Dykehead — to win first in the drumming section , and first in Marching and Deportment . |
9 | TOG O' WAR ace Steve Churchill has pulled off the greatest prize — a world championship . |
10 | Christie 's pulled off the biggest coup of the week , selling a complete , signed Vollard suite for £600,000 ( $906,000 ) to David Tunick bidding in the room , the first Vollard suite to sell at auction since 1982 ( although another set was unsold at Sotheby 's last year ) . |
11 | He 'd pulled up the first spring weeds from the flower-beds , little shoots of dandelion and dock and Scotch grass . |
12 | I 've pulled out a few press cuttings as well whilst I was looking through some of the for this talk . |
13 | I rather suspect Uncle Fred even pulled out the medicinal bottle of brandy . |