Example sentences of "[noun] pull [adv] at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Yeah , ’ Bonanza pulled slowly at the lobe of his left ear . |
| 2 | But before she could dwell on it a vehicle pulled up at the office door . |
| 3 | I saw Sybil on ‘ Top of the Pops ’ the day before I started work on the book and she was wearing a gold bra top , huge fake-gold earrings and black trousers pulled in at the waist . |
| 4 | Quite suddenly Tweed pulled in at the kerb before they reached the hotel . |
| 5 | Jo pulled nervously at the top of her dress ; it was also of satin , a pink so pale that it appeared white at first glance , swathed tightly around her long-waisted body and embroidered all over with pearls , brilliants and crumbs of coral . |
| 6 | Carrie stood behind the counter of the dining rooms with her fair hair pulled up at the back of her head and held in place with a pair of large bone combs . |
| 7 | I 'd just finished filling the hip flask when it went dark in the bar as a truck pulled up at the traffic lights outside . |
| 8 | The icy missiles bombarded the runners for the first two miles , and when the aerial attack subsided Johnson pulled away at the head of the field , and only Steve Webb , of Blaydon Harriers , responded to the quickening pace . |
| 9 | Leader of the pack : Ayrton Senna pulls away at the start of the South African Grand Prix |
| 10 | She tucked her head down bitterly , her hands pulling anxiously at the lap of her dress , then stood angrily . |
| 11 | There 's a bus pulling up at the stop proclaiming ‘ Lightwater Valley , Soopa Loopa ’ . |
| 12 | Had he woken up and looked out of one of the bedroom windows he would have seen his wife in the moonlight pulling desperately at the handle on a manhole cover . |
| 13 | Nearly 200 vehicles pulled up at the roadside on the A38 just south of Gloucester . |
| 14 | An hour and a half later a police wagon pulled up at the dock , and out from the back climbed a bleary-eyed Howard escorted by two gendarmes . |
| 15 | The care pulls up at the studio and Kylie greets everyone with a breezy ‘ G'Day ’ and gets ready for the last few moments as Lola teenage runaway . |
| 16 | Half an hour before the match started two tractors pulled up at the swing bridge , the drivers got out and had a short discussion and proceeded to plough up the field opposite my peg . |