Example sentences of "pulled up at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As we pulled up at the lights , he leaped out , kicked the wheel cap back into place , grinned and said , ‘ Thanks , it happens about every two years or so , ’ got back in his car , then signalled equally wildly for me to wind down my window . |
| 2 | The tram whined and sparked as it pulled up at the fare stage near the Dennistoun Palais and Whitehill Street . |
| 3 | Carrie stood behind the counter of the dining rooms with her fair hair pulled up at the back of her head and held in place with a pair of large bone combs . |
| 4 | He pulled up at the pumps and the attendant , a young black wearing green coveralls and cap bearing the petrol company 's logo , approached and leaned down to the open window . |
| 5 | The conveyance came around the corner , quite recklessly , and pulled up at the sight of him . |
| 6 | A small brown dog scurried out of the undergrowth , pulled up at the sight of another human , then rushed towards her . |
| 7 | Half an hour before the match started two tractors pulled up at the swing bridge , the drivers got out and had a short discussion and proceeded to plough up the field opposite my peg . |
| 8 | So saying , she pulled up at the gateway of a two-storey farmhouse used as the holiday and weekend home of her friends Mr and Mrs Clay . |
| 9 | Con Fenton 's cottage was less than half a mile away and on my way back to the surgery , on an impulse I pulled up at the door . |
| 10 | We pulled up at the end of the schooling stretch and trotted back to where Tremayne stood with his binoculars . |
| 11 | ‘ Right , constable , you can report in now , ’ Bragg said , as they pulled up at the end of Bartholomew Close . |
| 12 | They pulled up at the end of the gallop . |
| 13 | Laidlaw drove past it and pulled up at the end of the dirt road . |
| 14 | They overtook him when he was n't expecting it ; they pulled up at the side of the road and trapped him behind them ; they got in front of him at traffic-lights and then decided to turn right . |
| 15 | I 'd just finished filling the hip flask when it went dark in the bar as a truck pulled up at the traffic lights outside . |
| 16 | They were standing there , eating crisps , their minds blank , when suddenly a smart green mini pulled up at the steps before them . |
| 17 | But before she could dwell on it a vehicle pulled up at the office door . |
| 18 | An hour and a half later a police wagon pulled up at the dock , and out from the back climbed a bleary-eyed Howard escorted by two gendarmes . |
| 19 | He pulled up at the bridge and got out to show me the concrete cancer . |
| 20 | He pulled up at the farm and got out to open the door for her before she could move . |
| 21 | Nearly 200 vehicles pulled up at the roadside on the A38 just south of Gloucester . |