Example sentences of "pulled off a " in BNC.
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| 1 | From these depths , England went to India and pulled off a remarkable triumph after losing the first Test , and then beat Australia 3–1 in 1985 . |
| 2 | He jumped out of the van and pulled off a sack that was hiding something in the back of the truck . |
| 3 | The result will also give a huge lift to Alex Ferguson 's Manchester United team who were originally due to travel to Norwich today but went there instead on Tuesday and pulled off a significant victory . |
| 4 | The vocal Bradshaw in goal encouraged his defence and on more than one occasion pulled off a save to keep Ruffians in the game . |
| 5 | Haslemere sweeper Ferguson and the defence of Crombie , Hull and man-of-the-match Cracknell were pushed to protect 'keeper Bradshaw who pulled off a remarkable stick save . |
| 6 | 2.50:DAVID Nicholson pulled off a tremendous training performance when Duntree won at Cheltenham after two years off the track . |
| 7 | By then , however , Villa should n't have needed to worry , or breathe a sigh of relief in the final minute when goalkeeper Nigel Spink pulled off a fine save from Wright . |
| 8 | But memories were stirred this season as the Robins pulled off a brilliant first round win over Chester to put themselves 90 minutes away from another era of fame and fortune . |
| 9 | And with five minutes remaining , United keeper Peter Schmeichel pulled off a magnificent double-save from Quinn and then David White to ensure victory . |
| 10 | Taylor pulled off a great stop from Dave Gilbert in the 36th minute and two minutes later made the save of the match to tip over Tony Rees 's header . |
| 11 | But she pulled off a 6–4 , 6–7 , 6–3 victory over Alison Smith , the 23rd ranked Briton , in 2hr 3min to justify the attention afforded to a rather meaningless tennis encounter . |
| 12 | KEEPER Alan Knight pulled off a string of excellent saves as Pompey made a flying start to the international stage of the Anglo-Italian Cup last night . |
| 13 | Lori McNeil , the lowest ranked player in the field , pulled off a 7–6 ( 7–1 ) , 6–4 first round victory in the Virginia Slims Championships for her biggest triumph in nine years on the women 's tennis circuit . |
| 14 | Two days before Pearce died in June , one of his horses , Father Hayes , pulled off a £500,000 betting coup . |
| 15 | The climax to the main event saw Wrexham 's Simon Ainley pave the way for an appearance in the final against North London 's Martin Adebisi , after he pulled off a surprise victory in the event 's semi-final over Sunderland 's top seed Ashley Kershaw , by a 7–6 7–5 margin . |
| 16 | Ireland 's aircraft-leasing firm , GPA , pulled off a deal with GE Capital , the finance arm of America 's General Electric , that could save it from going bust . |
| 17 | She pulled off a fluffy piece and with sticky fingers offered it to Uncle Albert . |
| 18 | I held his toothbrush , left-handed the way he 'd have done , opened a container of cotton buds , pulled off a length of dental floss , examined a bottle of eardrops . |
| 19 | Norman Crawford then pulled off a master stroke , introducing McConnell , and he set up Mark Burns for a short corner strike in the 46th minute before adding two goals himself in the space of five minutes to leave Holywood 4–2 ahead . |
| 20 | LYNDA Ramsden pulled off a tremendous training performance when saddling High Premium to win the William Hill Lincoln , and Will of Steel to finish third , at Doncaster today . |
| 21 | He pulled off a tremendous save from Sukristovas in the first half and denied the same player in the second . |
| 22 | She pulled off a handful of pink candyfloss and handed it to him . |
| 23 | After scoring first through Dave Mitchell , Tranmere 's Kenny Irons pulled off a hat trick and Swindon were sunk . |
| 24 | Together they pulled off a crime which cost their company 's banks and creditors more than eight million pounds . |
| 25 | He pulled off a couple of cracking saves , and for the first time this season United kept everything out . |
| 26 | STEFAN Edberg 's hopes of a third successive US Open crown came to an abrupt end when Karel Novacek pulled off a shock victory at Flushing Meadow . |
| 27 | Greg Helsby , the up and coming youngster from Grange Park , pulled off a fine , if surprise , win in the Lancashire County Championship at S & A. |
| 28 | In Section B Colwyn Bay Cons crushed Llandudno A 12–2 while Llanrwst A ran out 11–3 victors over Llanfairpwll B. Conwy A pulled off a 9–5 victory at Caernarfon while Craig-yDon 's home fixture with Rhuddlan was postponed . |
| 29 | Monique Javer pulled off a rare victory on grass only her third in six years beating Marianne Werdel 6–4 7–5 . |
| 30 | Before the break , record signing Lenny Johnrose got his one and only chance but Roger Freestone pulled off a good save . |