Example sentences of "pulled down the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They commissioned William White to build the church in 1871 , built a school and new cottages , pulled down the old manor and the cottages surrounding it and erected a large Victorian house . |
| 2 | Gloria closed the sliding door , pulled down the blinds , and switched off the six lamps which Dot had just put on . |
| 3 | When he bolted the door , pulled down the shutter , put the chairs on the tables , emptied the till and swept the floor he was able to walk through to the back , climb the stairs , sprawl into a big armchair and look at his collection of pictures , news cuttings , fan club items , record sleeves and signed photographs of Shirley Temple . |
| 4 | She went back to the gallery , furious , shut the door , pulled down the blind , and those other guests still inside helped her to remove the paintings from the walls . |
| 5 | Then he pulled down the oven door , smelt the sweet , fatty smell of the meat and knew that it was probably this very fact that accounted for his decision to go through with the business . |
| 6 | I walked to him and , as he pulled down the lower part of the head-wrap from across his mouth , he introduced himself as Idris . |
| 7 | Nan had just gone and Agnes had bolted the door , pulled down the blind over the window . |
| 8 | He pulled down the blankets and fumbled for his matches . |
| 9 | Then he pulled down the sheet , which was all the bedclothes she had needed on that warm night , and she lay naked before him . |
| 10 | Peggy pulled down the orange sheets of plastic intended to keep the glare off her goods in the window , both in summer when there might have been sunshine and in winter when it was unnecessary . |
| 11 | In 1070 , Fulk le Réchin , not content with disinheritance , pulled down the castle of Tréves , and blinded Hardouin , its lord . |
| 12 | Then he went to the front of the shop and pulled down the blinds . |
| 13 | She touched her soft cheeks , the once-proud cheekbones lost beneath a covering of fat and pulled down the sagging flesh beneath her bloodshot eyes ; she had never been beautiful , now she was merely plain . |
| 14 | He carefully pulled down the bottom of her tracksuit and cut off her panties . |
| 15 | The day nurse pulled down the cream window blinds against the morning sun as Miranda entered . |
| 16 | He pulled down the people on both sides of him . |
| 17 | Donna had managed to disguise the worst of the bruising on her top lip beneath some foundation cream and a little rouge had given at least some artificial colour to her cheeks , but as she pulled down the sun-visor on the driver 's side and peered into the mirror she realized she looked as tired as she felt . |
| 18 | But I did discover where they had been coming in — through the stable and into the wall — and where they had resided when I pulled down the ceiling lathes in the dairy and a load of old nests and rat droppings fell on to my head . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm all stiff and sore , ’ Lucy said , and then pulled down the shoulder of the oversized Blues Brothers T-shirt that she 'd bought for sleeping in . |
| 20 | Guillamon leaned forward and pulled down the lower lid of his eye . |
| 21 | A group of people was being alternately shoved and pulled down the roadway , the shafts of Sellsword spears hastening them on their way . |
| 22 | Stephen pulled down the blind and sat at his father 's desk , opening one drawer after another . |
| 23 | Years later when The Great Bastard pulled down the monasteries and emptied the convents I took Johanna into my own home . |
| 24 | On the corner of Carter Lane , with the mass of St Paul 's cathedral towering above us , we had to pause whilst labourers using ward hooks pulled down the still smouldering , blackening timbers of a burnt-out tenement to ensure no spark ignited neighbouring houses . |
| 25 | The struggle for survival is all that he knows : ‘ When we were in charge during the riots , ’ he says ‘ we pulled down the national flag outside the supermarket . |
| 26 | She gathered her straggly hair into a bun at the back of her head , holding it with her left hand while she pulled down the polo neck of her thin jumper . |
| 27 | He pulled down the wires that had let Jekub taste the electricity . |
| 28 | When they was all out at work on Monday , I could stand it no longer , I pulled down the loft ladder and dragged meself up it , plaster and all . |