Example sentences of "pulled [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | She pulled down a bulky volume from the shelf beside her and thumbed through it . |
| 2 | Realising that things were getting behind , Roycroft pulled together a policy group consisting of himself , Gary Smith , and Clare Dodgson ( chief executives of the health authority and the family health services authority ) . |
| 3 | But peter pulled away a bit in the second round ( Thomson 71 ; Thomas 74 ) and he won by four strokes . |
| 4 | Eventually she pulled away a little , mopping her cheeks with her wrist . |
| 5 | She pulled away a little , opening her eyes to find herself cradled on Penry 's lap like a child . |
| 6 | This done , she whipped up a piece of tape , which she tied some inches from the bottom ; then , while still holding on to the hair with one hand , her other hand shot out and pulled open a drawer from which she grabbed a pair of large scissors . |
| 7 | She pulled open a drawer to drop the note in . |
| 8 | He pulled open a drawer in which a dozen antique krises were displayed . |
| 9 | A stocky , red-faced fellow with hairy warts round his mouth grinned a gap-toothed smile , pulled open a shutter and let fly with a huge arbalest . |
| 10 | He pulled open a door and took out a decanter and a balloon snifter . |
| 11 | She remembered one time when a nurse had beckoned Dot into a side room , pulled over a metal chair for Dot , and brought the bundle to her wrapped in a bulky scratchy blanket . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | He jumped out of the van and pulled off a sack that was hiding something in the back of the truck . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The vocal Bradshaw in goal encouraged his defence and on more than one occasion pulled off a save to keep Ruffians in the game . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 2.50:DAVID Nicholson pulled off a tremendous training performance when Duntree won at Cheltenham after two years off the track . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | And with five minutes remaining , United keeper Peter Schmeichel pulled off a magnificent double-save from Quinn and then David White to ensure victory . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Two days before Pearce died in June , one of his horses , Father Hayes , pulled off a £500,000 betting coup . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | She pulled off a fluffy piece and with sticky fingers offered it to Uncle Albert . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |