Example sentences of "pulled the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She pulled the nightdress over her head . |
| 2 | She pointed out that the piebald donkey in leather boots that had for years pulled the mowing machine which cut the acres of grass at Deer Forest , was at the end of a useful life , and , in any case , the whole performance took up two working days of the farm labourer who drove her in long reins — reins thin as thread and cracked with age : there was nothing economical about that . |
| 3 | At the same moment the Customs officer put his hand on Magwitch 's shoulder , and Magwitch pulled the cloak off the other man in the boat . |
| 4 | He frowned , pulled the napkin from his lap and laid it on the table as he stood up , shrugging apologetically to his mother , seeming to indicate that it was the kind of thing that had happened before , from time to time . |
| 5 | She sat herself on the sofa and pulled the dressing gown around her legs . |
| 6 | I reached through one of the diamond shaped gaps between the bars and pulled the curling portrait out . |
| 7 | Terry Venables thought he had a deal with Forest , having agreed terms with Sheringham , but then Brian Clough pulled the plug because he had no replacement lined up . |
| 8 | But Intel insists that DEC was still showing interest in marketing the follow-on Paragon machine and that it pulled the plug on the deal because it was not satisfied with DEC 's level of commitment . |
| 9 | Wavetracer Inc , the Acton , Massachusetts-based manufacturer of low-end massively parallel processing systems , has closed down its hardware business after investors pulled the plug and refused to invest further capital . |
| 10 | The FRISC chip , which also gave its name to the operation responsible for it , had reportedly reached working silicon and was being put on graphics cards and SBus accelerators for the Sun marketplace when Micron pulled the plug . |
| 11 | But they pulled the plug on the Belial neural net before we could use the security drones to trace their actions , risking the lives of everybody . |
| 12 | Chris Berry 's bank changed their mind about funding the new block and pulled the plug . |
| 13 | ‘ When you pulled the plug on CBN and the Contra deal ? |
| 14 | Feeling restless and irritable and in no mood for doing her ironing , she pulled the plug out with an angry little jerk . |
| 15 | Therese followed the fire flex along the stage and pulled the plug from the socket . |
| 16 | However , he accepted that Digital also had to consider the effect on its market credibility if it pulled the plug on manufacturing operations in Britain , which accounted for a quarter of the firm 's European sales . |
| 17 | He pulled the net aside and looked down on her with greedy eyes . |
| 18 | He pulled the boot down and slammed it . |
| 19 | He leaned forward and pulled the map from the dashboard shelf , flashing his torch on it . |
| 20 | An officer allegedly pulled the emergency cord as a joke . |
| 21 | Quinn folded the wires and clothes-peg into the space left in the open box , pulled the wires out of the brown substance . |
| 22 | ‘ He pulled the man off and punched him in self-defence . |
| 23 | Pascoe got on to his knees like a man at prayer , and hauled Singer towards him by his hair , punching twice , hard , as he pulled the man in . |
| 24 | Then one of them grabbed Wolfe 's topknot and , with a savage yank that almost pulled the man up off his knees , stretched his neck out , ready for the sword . |
| 25 | He pulled the blanket around his back and hooked the frayed patch over the nail so that the light from the window would not be spotted if the door was opened . |
| 26 | She fell back and pulled the blanket over her face , cackling and wheezing with delight . |
| 27 | Pulled the blanket up over his ears so as to be sure he was mistaken . |
| 28 | He lay on the bed , kicking the wall , sniffed a bit , swore terrible revenge on Sylvester who , he was convinced , had put all this into action , and eventually pulled the blanket over him . |
| 29 | I closed the curtains , went to bed , pulled the blanket high over my head and slept peacefully until I heard through layers of consciousness that unforgettable sound , the voice of the wind . |
| 30 | Bitterly Alan pulled the blanket up around him , and went to the kitchen . |