Example sentences of "[adv] pull [pers pn] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was hardly a secret that Gallieni , no admirer of Joffre ( who , among other things , had stolen much of the honour due to Gallieni for the victory of the Marne ) , wanted eventually to pull him back to Paris in the largely administrative capacity of a CIGS , while placing the executive command of the armies in the field under de Castelnau . |
| 2 | ‘ I never thought to see this day , ’ he murmured , as he rose to his feet and gently pulled her up to him . |
| 3 | He gently pulled her out of the chair and , kissing her , said , ‘ Come to bed . ’ |
| 4 | I just pulled it up from that bottom . |
| 5 | My mum just pulls her down like that and it stays there ! |
| 6 | It just pulls you back to family ties and roots . |
| 7 | We were surprised to find that the 750 was only partially assembled , having expected to just pull it out of its box and start using it . |
| 8 | Cos you just pull them out of the first brackets of each one . |
| 9 | The thing is , it 's er not right to set somebody who do n't want the job and then just pull them back with them it 's rough grade money that 's what . |
| 10 | The local police no longer stop him for speeding through the sleepy streets of his home town of Riolo Terme , they just pull him over for an autograph . |
| 11 | I used to sit on the floor crying but Brian always pulled me out of it . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I could always pull him in for questioning . ’ |
| 13 | He recovered far more quickly than she would have thought possible for such a big man , but the drag on her arm nearly pulled it out of its socket . |
| 14 | Sinead has really pulled it off in a big , bold way here ; her honesty and emotional intensity permeate every bar , every nuance of every lyric . |
| 15 | SINEAD HAS really pulled it off in a big , bold way ; her honesty and emotional intensity permeate every bar , every nuance of every lyric . |
| 16 | It did not occur to him that it was following the track of a mole , in the hope of killing it with a blow of its beak and then pulling it out of its shallow run . |
| 17 | Then pulls me down beside her , and gives me a sisterly squeeze . |
| 18 | He kneels still kissing her , then pulls her down beside him , rolling over . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm very disappointed not to be doing the film , ’ Crawford added , ‘ but I would rather that people remember enjoying my performance in the play than say that I did n't quite pull it off in the film . ’ |
| 20 | To dry beans , leave the mature pods on the plants as long as possible , then pull them up by the roots and hang them in the sun to complete drying . |
| 21 | ‘ I bet we could sling a hook up and then pull it over towards the window , and then — ’ |
| 22 | quite right , the statistics he was actually talking about , and somebody actually pulled him up on th , up on this and said , okay you 're talking about the number of firms who went to the wall , but what about new firms being created ? |