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

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1 Many gliding clubs use multi-drum winches so that several cables are pulled out at the same time .
2 the degree can vary from the rider feeling that he is having his arms pulled out to the good feeling when the horse is keen to get on with his business — this is described as being well up to the rider 's hand .
3 But a random selection of the massive output of the chancery shows all the stops pulled out of the papal organ : the reminder to the papal judge , acting by delegation in a distant province of the Church , that he will need to answer for his actions before the Supreme Judge , the care with which letters seeking advice are answered ( Eustace of Ely ) , the terrible missives which reached King John and other miscreants and recalcitrants .
4 Across the road a large grey car suddenly pulled out of the Downshurst-bound traffic and stopped on the grass verge beyond the estate-car and the police busy with tape-measures and notebooks .
5 COLIN STURGESS , Britain 's world pursuit champion , has pulled out of the final round of the McEwan 's LA professional series in Manchester on Sunday because of tendinitis .
6 A rabbit has been pulled out of the political hat , and might be handed to Hong Kong .
7 THE MERGER initiatives of the large accountancy firms were thrown into further disarray yesterday when the UK firm of Deloitte Haskins & Sells pulled out of the worldwide merger with Touche Ross .
8 Nationalist slogans , ‘ pulled out of the murkiest depths of history ’ , were chanted , and the crowd , armed with metal posts , sticks and stones , then proceeded to beat up local citizens , overturn cars and set them on fire , and smash the windows of shops and other public buildings .
9 Last night TCCB officials gave a cautious welcome to the Kiwi offer , spokesman Ken Lawrence saying : ‘ At the moment we have not even thought of going elsewhere because we have not pulled out of the Indian tour .
10 An Independent Television Authority would regulate them , run by a group of people pulled out of the old drawer marked ‘ gentlemen amateurs ’ .
11 Earlier , the socialist Congress Party for Malagasy Independence ( Parti du congrès de l'indépendance de Madagascar — AKFM-Renewal , formed after the March 1989 presidential elections — see p. 36678 ) announced on Oct. 6 that it had pulled out of the ruling coalition .
12 The kitchen table was covered with homework , dictionaries , ring notebooks and ‘ All you Need to Know about the Russian Revolution ’ pulled out of the huge pieces of luggage Henrietta took every day to school , books used to erect tottering towers wherever the family was next about to eat .
13 Mark Aizlewood , Bradford City 's midfield player , has pulled out of the Welsh squad for their World Cup game against The Netherlands next week after having an operation on a fractured cheekbone yesterday .
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