Example sentences of "[pers pn] pull [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These types hang around the Great in the hope of getting them to pull a string . |
| 2 | The Tudor ploughman had better-bred and better-fed beasts ; so he required fewer of them to pull a plough , and was able to drive a straighter furrow . |
| 3 | They 're teaching them to pull the trigger at the Academy of Marksmanship . |
| 4 | I do n't want them to pull the building down anyway . |
| 5 | I could n't do that properly at first , but Mr Dowson came to show me how , telling me to pull a lot harder . |
| 6 | My brain told me to pull the trigger but my finger would n't respond . |
| 7 | Desperate now , I pulled a third time , and a third time the boots slipped . |
| 8 | I pulled a paper-covered Anthology of verse out of my pocket . |
| 9 | ‘ If I 'm not mistaken , I pulled a pissed up matelot off that blonde piece on V.E. night . |
| 10 | We glanced at each other , and I pulled a long , apprehensive face . |
| 11 | I pulled a corner of the curtain away from the window so that I could see out . |
| 12 | I pulled a dirty trick on you in the pharmacy . |
| 13 | I pulled a face . |
| 14 | ‘ And I reckon it 's right — ’ I pulled a map from my pocket , spread it upon my desk and whacked my finger down on to it at a very particular spot ‘ — here . ’ |
| 15 | I pulled the pin out of the grenade . |
| 16 | I pulled the coat off him and flung it onto the hawthorn bushes where it rested upside down , spilling the contents of the torn pockets . |
| 17 | Birds sang outside my window , and when I pulled the curtains back I was astonished to see a vast grey placid lake outside , with no beginning or end ; an inland sea . |
| 18 | The old wood of the door frame gave up the struggle and splintered , freeing the tongue of the lock , and without much more trouble I pulled the door open towards me , swinging it wide . |
| 19 | I pulled the switchblade out of my pocket and pressed the button . |
| 20 | I pulled the now broken glasses from my pocket : one lens was split , so I fixed the halves in a crude frame of electrical tape . |
| 21 | I pulled the tin box out of my battle-dress and put it on the table . |
| 22 | I pulled the door shut and almost ran to the front door and into Langdon Crescent garden , where I stood for five minutes breathing in the fresh air . |
| 23 | I pulled the boost over-ride , but to my surprise was unable to close the range . |
| 24 | Even then I jinked from side to side as I pulled the hood back . |
| 25 | I pulled the life-jacket inflation toggle and was very thankful to hear it and feel it inflating — but I realised immediately my suit zip was n't fully up , freezing water was seeping into it ’ . |
| 26 | I pulled the knife out slightly but I knew she was dead . ’ |
| 27 | He said : ‘ I pulled the hamstring in my left leg as I picked the ball up to score a try . |
| 28 | Then I pulled the stitches of the band through those of the garment , and cast off using a latch tool . |
| 29 | I pulled the wing above my head , steadied it , turned and faced downhill and with a few steps forward , and a gentle push from David , I was airborne . |
| 30 | I pulled the starter . |