Example sentences of "pull off [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Next it was Nixon 's turn in the Tranmere goal to pull off a spectacular save from Mitchell . |
| 2 | The two counties met in last year 's Ulster final at Armagh and in one of the best games seen in the province all year Tyrone came from behind in the second half to pull off a memorable victory after having been reduced to fourteen players . |
| 3 | And , the court was told , the caper was just like the film Best of Friends in which Kirk Douglas and Burt Lancaster play two old lags who decide to pull off a final robbery . |
| 4 | Meanwhile , Francois Boutin 's bid to pull off a clean sweep of the French Classics rests with Accommodating in the French Oaks at Chantilly on Sunday . |
| 5 | TURKEY will be on an incredible £12,000-a-man bonus to pull off the greatest result in their football history at Wembley tomorrow . |
| 6 | Ironically , that made England more determined than ever to pull off the stirring victory at Headingley which levelled the series . |
| 7 | In France , meeting with the head of Ariola Records , the company responsible for distributing Virgin in that country , Branson listened with interest as the managing director told him excitedly that Ariola were about to pull off an enormous coup by signing Julien Clerc , France 's Frank Sinatra . |
| 8 | Had they then found the resources to pull off an improbable win against Hong Kong it would have drastically altered the fairness of the tournament . |
| 9 | CORNARD United were desperately close to pulling off a famous victory , with cup holders Sudbury being saved by a late goal to force a replay , writes ALAN COCKSEDGE . |
| 10 | Fortunately , Alan Judge was in fine form , pulling off a great save to keep Hereford in the game . |
| 11 | Shearer demonstrating just why he is the most complete striker in the game today , was always at the heart of Blackburn 's best moves , and in the 55th minute he instigated an attack which culminated in Mike Hooper pulling off a desperate save to keep out a Gordon Cowans drive . |
| 12 | Halfway up I 'm bombarded by icicles falling from the overhangs above , while Graham is somewhere in the swirling mist , pulling off an impressive lead . |
| 13 | The other end was already harnessed to a team of horses , so it was easy work pulling off the entire roof in one smack . |
| 14 | Pulling off the silky dress with trembling hands , then the slips of white lace which did service as bra and pants , she angrily kicked off the low-heeled white sandals , raked her long blonde hair out of its French plait , and then plunged gratefully for the privacy of the small en-suite bathroom , standing beneath the shower for a long , soothing soak before she climbed into bed in the baggy jade T-shirt which she wore as a nightshirt . |
| 15 | Meanwhile Stanley made short work of undoing the nuts , pulling off the old wheel and slipping on the new . |
| 16 | Before the break , record signing Lenny Johnrose got his one and only chance but Roger Freestone pulled off a good save . |
| 17 | He converted from close range after Villa goalkeeper Mark Bosnich pulled off a desperate save to keep out a Gary Megson point-blank header from Ian Crook 's corner . |
| 18 | Taylor pulled off a great stop from Dave Gilbert in the 36th minute and two minutes later made the save of the match to tip over Tony Rees 's header . |
| 19 | Monique Javer pulled off a rare victory on grass only her third in six years beating Marianne Werdel 6–4 7–5 . |
| 20 | 2.50:DAVID Nicholson pulled off a tremendous training performance when Duntree won at Cheltenham after two years off the track . |
| 21 | LYNDA Ramsden pulled off a tremendous training performance when saddling High Premium to win the William Hill Lincoln , and Will of Steel to finish third , at Doncaster today . |
| 22 | He pulled off a tremendous save from Sukristovas in the first half and denied the same player in the second . |
| 23 | Langley pulled off a major surprise by beating title-chasing Gretna 2–1 away from home , despite having a man sent off . |
| 24 | Haslemere sweeper Ferguson and the defence of Crombie , Hull and man-of-the-match Cracknell were pushed to protect 'keeper Bradshaw who pulled off a remarkable stick save . |
| 25 | From these depths , England went to India and pulled off a remarkable triumph after losing the first Test , and then beat Australia 3–1 in 1985 . |
| 26 | She pulled off a fluffy piece and with sticky fingers offered it to Uncle Albert . |
| 27 | In Section B Colwyn Bay Cons crushed Llandudno A 12–2 while Llanrwst A ran out 11–3 victors over Llanfairpwll B. Conwy A pulled off a 9–5 victory at Caernarfon while Craig-yDon 's home fixture with Rhuddlan was postponed . |
| 28 | By then , however , Villa should n't have needed to worry , or breathe a sigh of relief in the final minute when goalkeeper Nigel Spink pulled off a fine save from Wright . |
| 29 | The result will also give a huge lift to Alex Ferguson 's Manchester United team who were originally due to travel to Norwich today but went there instead on Tuesday and pulled off a significant victory . |
| 30 | And with five minutes remaining , United keeper Peter Schmeichel pulled off a magnificent double-save from Quinn and then David White to ensure victory . |