Example sentences of "i pulled [adv prt] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I pulled up the gluey flap .
2 I had my trumpet case on my knee and half a carriage to myself , so I pulled out a paperback of Gore Vidal 's latest Essays and read the one where he thinks he gets confused with Anthony Burgess .
3 I pulled out the compass , held it horizontally close to my eyes , let the needle settle onto north , looked that way and mapped the first few feet in my mind .
4 I pulled out the stool which Billy must have sat at the desk on , and began to rifle through things in no particular order .
5 The Doctor , in top hat and frock coat , looked confidently out at me from the label as I pulled out the cork and took a sniff .
6 But I did discover where they had been coming in — through the stable and into the wall — and where they had resided when I pulled down the ceiling lathes in the dairy and a load of old nests and rat droppings fell on to my head .
7 When they was all out at work on Monday , I could stand it no longer , I pulled down the loft ladder and dragged meself up it , plaster and all .
8 I pulled back the shower curtain , exposing her fully .
9 I pulled back the glass panel between us and gave her the ritual Belfast greeting .
10 ’ It got … boring , ’ I said vaguely , as I pulled off the helmet and my mask .
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