Example sentences of "pulled a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a spasm of irritation he pulled a cloak over his nightshirt , took down a pistol from the wall , and went downstairs into the chilly , stone-smelling darkness of the ground floor , looking for servants . |
| 2 | Desperate now , I pulled a third time , and a third time the boots slipped . |
| 3 | David Seaman , the Queen 's Park Rangers goalkeeper and Peter Shilton 's international deputy , has also recovered from injury so the only England doubt now is John Barnes , the Liverpool winger who pulled a hamstring in training . |
| 4 | The album pulled a few Manhattan fads ( salsa , jazz , R&B ) into snappy pop figures and also revealed a newly flexible capacity in Jackson 's voice ; previously hard-edged and impatient , it could now sit comfortably on the grand slopes of a ballad like ‘ Breaking Us In Two ’ , a Top 20 hit in America . |
| 5 | That raid on Berlin of the 25/26 August pulled a psychological trigger in Nazi minds , and produced results that were entirely out of proportion to the military resources employed on that particular raid . |
| 6 | Teams from RAF Manston and Kent policemen pulled a Concorde along the runway at RAF Manston , to raise funds for the Vulcan Association and the RAF Benevolent Fund . |
| 7 | Tony jumped from high up , landed heavily and pulled a face . |
| 8 | In 1961 he finally pulled a deal together with the Ford Motor Co and AC Cars Ltd , and early in 1962 the Cobra was born . |
| 9 | He pulled a fistful of grass and crushed it to his face . |
| 10 | He pulled a sticky brown bud from a drooping chestnut and peeled it naked . |
| 11 | She actually did a lot of good things — she pulled a lot of things together and did a lot of things for David . |
| 12 | As they watched , he skinned a pregnant female and pulled a perfectly formed foetus from its belly . |
| 13 | England lost their most important batsman and bowler from the last two Tests , for apart from Gooch 's broken hand Fraser pulled a rib muscle , and his accuracy was very sorely missed . |
| 14 | From beneath it he pulled a fifth of rum . |
| 15 | The boy pulled a handkerchief out of his pocket and wiped his nose . |
| 16 | He pulled a Marathon out of his pocket and gave it to Philip . |
| 17 | Keith pulled a face at her and tugged his hair despairingly . |
| 18 | Oz pulled a terrible face . |
| 19 | As she ran a hand over her short hair , she pulled a face . |
| 20 | Bella pulled a cellular blanket up over her head , closed her eyes and lay , as still as she could , under her heap of covers . |
| 21 | He edged his way to the gap between the gas-cooker and the wall , located the stack of newspapers and pulled a full one from underneath so that nobody would notice the pile had been disturbed . |
| 22 | Tammuz pulled a face . |
| 23 | Tammuz pulled a face . |
| 24 | Tammuz pulled a face . |
| 25 | And Svend Larsen pulled a cup and saucer from a drawer in his desk . |
| 26 | A policewoman pulled a teenage joyrider from a stolen Vauxhall Astra after it crashed and burst into flames in Leeds early yesterday . |
| 27 | But Georgie then pulled a master-stroke by revealing that she had a talent for automatic writing . |
| 28 | Here Lawler pulled a face . |
| 29 | Laura pulled a face . |
| 30 | Maggie pulled a chair up close to the fire . |