Example sentences of "work the pump " in BNC.
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| 1 | To work the pump , a can of water was poured into the top , you then pumped the handle like mad and glory be , you had a never ending supply of clear cool water , which I drank , without harm on many occasions . |
| 2 | He worked the pump action frantically to eject the spent cartridge and reload . |
| 3 | Grimly he worked the pump action to eject the load , closing his mind to the thought of the wall and ceiling smeared with his brain matter , when he put the muzzle in his mouth and pulled the trigger . |
| 4 | ‘ Cut your engines , ’ shouted Morton , swinging the Ithaca up into view , working the pump action , chambering a round . |
| 5 | I fondly imagined little Doris among her busy lizzies and lazy susans , in racoon hat and frontier dungarees , working the pump , fixing the roof , with half-a-dozen nails and a couple of briar pipes in her syrupy mouth . |
| 6 | Working the pump action to reload , he stepped into the gap of the open doorway and swung the gun up to cover the empty corridor . |