Example sentences of "[noun] pull back [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 8 The defender pulls back the fist ready for a second strike , should it be necessary .
2 But in this case the enlightened engineer was concerned to do precisely the opposite , and as the digger pulled back the rubble , he exposed an area of wall which looked for a moment as if it was made entirely of shiny cream bones .
3 Before she undressed , Nicandra pulled back the window curtains , cold as glass in her hands , and stood between them to look out at the changed world .
4 Ben pulled back the cloth .
5 There was a tongue of flame and Asa pulled back the column and levelled out at two thousand feet .
6 The woman pulled back the flap of the tent and Tallis , dying , saw a pale sun in the fields of snow .
7 Bullock had been one up after 15 holes but Davies pulled back the deficit at the 16th and held on to finish the match all square .
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