Example sentences of "[noun] pulled out [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 That was the surprise packet that Stagecoach pulled out of the bag .
2 The two black cars pulled out of the gates , round the corner , and were gone .
3 The senders of the first three questionnaires pulled out of the postbag will each win a Delight personal diet analysis and healthy eating programme .
4 When Chelsea wanted a bit more than the £2.5million United offered for Andy Townsend , the club pulled out of the deal .
5 The 37-year-old property developer pulled out of the bid , despite having a funding package in place and agreement to buy a controlling stake from the chairman , Martin Edwards , last Wednesday .
6 The singer pulled out of the tour with a cold-related throat infection after cancelling some European concerts — including Wembley .
7 Other teams from Edinburgh , Glasgow and Strathclyde were knocked out in earlier heats , while St Andrews University pulled out of the contest .
8 Just as the train pulled out of the station a lorry load of soldiers drove in like maniacs .
9 However , the Colorados ' Batllismo Radical faction , which hitherto had had one representative in the Cabinet pulled out of the coalition .
10 The Geordies pulled out of the race yesterday after Rangers placed the staggering price tag on their 26-year-old striker .
11 Factories were occupied and a strike was announced for tomorrow unless the security forces pulled out of the town , reports said .
12 Ford blamed the rises on the fall in the pound since the Government pulled out of the exchange rate mechanism in September .
13 As the battle bus pulled out of the crowd , Mr Major pointed out of the window and said : ‘ There , that 's what we 're up against .
14 I was thinking particularly of my great-uncle George , the stories he had told , men pulled out of the sea half burned alive , the sudden explosions as another slow cargo vessel slid to the bottom , nobody stopping for survivors and the feeling of terror as the U-boats gradually picked the ships off until the one he was on was alone in the pattern .
15 Instead it was nearly for Gary Player — and Player pulled out of the Championship after the second round !
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