Example sentences of "he [vb past] to pull [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trained in Ireland at the Cullinane yard for his first run of the 1984–5 season , he was then moved to Paddy Mullins , winning a handicap hurdle at Limerick Junction on his second outing for his new stable before his mood let him down again in the 1985 Gold Cup : he tried to pull himself up after a circuit and was tailed off when refusing at the last fence . |
| 2 | He tried to pull himself forward , branch to branch , but with his hands bound , he lost ground each time he grabbed for a fresh hold . |
| 3 | Men , as he tried to pull himself to his feet , something big and heavy and square cannoned into him out of the dark and plunged off after the wizard . |
| 4 | He tried to pull himself together , but it was impossible . |
| 5 | Then he started to pull himself together , returned to Hollywood and stayed sober — except for Sundays , when he would lock himself away and drink like a fish . |
| 6 | One spike went right through him but he managed to pull himself off . |
| 7 | The action caused his kiss to deepen until suddenly , with what she sensed to be an effort of will , he appeared to pull himself together . |
| 8 | He had to pull himself up with help from other divers who pulled his umbilical , and anything else they could get hold of . |
| 9 | ‘ She 'll grow up with rickets like the rest of 'em , ’ she said , rubbing Patrick 's thin legs which failed to support him when he attempted to pull himself up against his father 's chair . |