Example sentences of "[noun] pull back [art] [noun] " 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 The phantom of the opera is here inside my mind pull back the curtains
4 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 .
5 Ben pulled back the cloth .
6 There was a tongue of flame and Asa pulled back the column and levelled out at two thousand feet .
7 The woman pulled back the flap of the tent and Tallis , dying , saw a pale sun in the fields of snow .
8 But Melody ( 6-4 fav ) , feeling the strain of a gruelling season , failed by three and a half lengths to pull back the Isle of Man-owned winner .
9 She sounded half alarmed , half excited , and within seconds Tom was beside the bed pulling back the sheets .
10 Springfield and Fenton pulled back the flaps of the cut they had made in the chain-link fence , allowing Grant and Larsen to duck through into hostile territory .
11 She was woken in the early hours by a hand pulling back the bedclothes , and a cold body plonking down beside her .
12 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 .
13 The nurse pulled back the curtains .
14 Mabel pulled back the curtains , and sunlight streamed in .
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