Example sentences of "[art] [noun] pull back [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could give examples of how people have been pursued beyond the grave to pull back a few miserly pounds of poll tax payment . |
| 2 | 8 The defender pulls back the fist ready for a second strike , should it be necessary . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The woman pulled back the flap of the tent and Tallis , dying , saw a pale sun in the fields of snow . |
| 5 | The headmaster pulled back the top right-hand drawer and |
| 6 | She sounded half alarmed , half excited , and within seconds Tom was beside the bed pulling back the sheets . |
| 7 | The nurse pulled back the curtains . |
| 8 | Four times a day , the nurse pulled back the white cover , turned Dot on her side , pulled up the gown and thrust the needle in with the savage pain of a bayonet . |
| 9 | She was woken in the early hours by a hand pulling back the bedclothes , and a cold body plonking down beside her . |