Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] pull [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | JILY JIP TUP A thinking machine that develops a stammer ; the action of pulling up the trousers while running uphill |
| 2 | JIL JIPY TUP Any machine with something incurable about it ; pleasant laughter that is nevertheless unwelcome ; the action of pulling up the trousers while running downhill |
| 3 | He begins without ceremony by pulling off the blouse and flinging it in the gully . |
| 4 | It 's a case of pull up the drawbridge and cut off the phones . ’ |
| 5 | Whether Mr Coleridge wants to crown a successful career by pulling down the edifice in which he has enjoyably spent his working life is another matter entirely . |