Example sentences of "pull off a [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ITV … here 's a big welcome back , to an old favourite Perfect Scoundrels , starring Peter Bowles and Bryan Murray as two con artists never quite able to pull off a dodge deal . |
| 2 | A professional golfer tries to pull off a confidence trick against his own body . |
| 3 | He was a stout , rather handsome boy of thirteen , grey flannelled , pulling off a school cap . |
| 4 | STEFAN Edberg 's hopes of a third successive US Open crown came to an abrupt end when Karel Novacek pulled off a shock victory at Flushing Meadow . |
| 5 | Norman Crawford then pulled off a master stroke , introducing McConnell , and he set up Mark Burns for a short corner strike in the 46th minute before adding two goals himself in the space of five minutes to leave Holywood 4–2 ahead . |
| 6 | The climax to the main event saw Wrexham 's Simon Ainley pave the way for an appearance in the final against North London 's Martin Adebisi , after he pulled off a surprise victory in the event 's semi-final over Sunderland 's top seed Ashley Kershaw , by a 7–6 7–5 margin . |
| 7 | After scoring first through Dave Mitchell , Tranmere 's Kenny Irons pulled off a hat trick and Swindon were sunk . |
| 8 | Kings boss Chris Kelly added : ‘ I did n't want to play at all and feel that on a neutral ground with our display against Peterborough we could have pulled off a shock win . |
| 9 | Ace Steve pulls off a world title |