Example sentences of "[noun] pull him [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Someone in his financial position could easily have got a doctor 's certificate to pull him out of tournaments but to his credit he never even considered it . ’ |
| 2 | Laughton is in a hole and the players as professional sportsmen have a responsibility to pull him out of it . |
| 3 | ‘ Martinez pulled him out of the Hi-Flight contract and signed him up with Supersight . ’ |
| 4 | An advanced manoeuvre used in stronger winds in which the sailor lets the sail pull him on to the board from a position in the water . |
| 5 | In The Quarry Man ( 1908 ) a workman is blinded during blasting operations at a quarry ; later his wife becomes unfaithful and he is driven to suicide ; just in time his wife pulls him out of the river and she now abandons ‘ the downward path ’ . |
| 6 | GUIL pulls him up to him . |
| 7 | A sudden crash of cymbals pulled him back to the present . |
| 8 | Webster 's increasing debts pulled him back from a contest , but he again bounced back to contest the Chichester borough elections in 1823 , 1826 and 1831 . |
| 9 | He was going to take a leak on the girl , but Amelia pulled him out of the circle with a cry of ‘ not on my carpet ’ . |
| 10 | We sat down and talked for a while before setting off towards Hawes , as the sun broke through the clouds and the dog pulled him downhill towards the cairns . |
| 11 | She did not reply , but her arms pulled him tight to her with surprising strength and she kissed him fiercely on the lips . |
| 12 | Carl , at No. 38 with Does It Feel Good To You , only realised he was being spied on by the law when police pulled him up in his car . |