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 . |