Example sentences of "[adv prt] [conj] pulled [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She would have drowned , but Celia saved her life , she jumped in and pulled her out , even though she was out of her depth . |
| 2 | Masklin and Gurder lay down and pulled themselves forward . |
| 3 | But when Dane sat down and pulled her against him , wrapping his arms warmly about her , she knew the time for running was over . |
| 4 | Gaston , the committee man , who had been eyeing Ingrid the entire evening , trying to discern if she was wearing anything at all under the gold waistcoat , hurried over and pulled her to her feet . |
| 5 | If you cut him up and pulled him out of your body — which is what they do — ’ |
| 6 | De Craon comes here , ’ he added bitterly , ‘ with his false face and lying tongue … the fellow would n't know the truth if it jumped up and pulled him by his pointed nose ! ’ |
| 7 | ’ Maeve straightened up and pulled her shift around her . |
| 8 | Emma did n't answer , but she put her hand up and pulled her scarf tightly around her throat as if it would stop the throbbing that was coming up from between her ribs and aiming to choke her . |
| 9 | David stood up and pulled her to her feet . |
| 10 | With a deep groan he reached up and pulled her down beside him . |
| 11 | Hearing the slithering sound behind her she jumped up and pulled herself through the roof . |
| 12 | She brought her arms up and pulled his hands from her throat . |
| 13 | She reached up and pulled his head down , her lips parted expectantly for a renewal of his kisses . |
| 14 | He stood up and pulled his hard hat down firmly over his head . |
| 15 | She stopped and looked full face into the mirror , as if , among the distorted outlines of the bar she was standing in as it stretched far into the mirror-room that swallowed it up and pulled it into strange shapes , she was looking for something not apparent in the real room . |
| 16 | Suddenly the door beneath the sign opened , a hand stretched out and pulled me in . |
| 17 | They reached out and pulled him into the Ship . |
| 18 | She reached out and pulled them to her in a protective motherly gesture . |
| 19 | They dashed out and pulled them up — and drug squad colleagues in Cwmbran , Gwent , later confirmed that the plants were big enough to have supplied hundreds of joints . |
| 20 | He now thrust his arm out and pulled her tightly towards him and waltzed her round the table , saying , ‘ One , two , three ; one , two , three ; one , two , three . |
| 21 | After that all pretence at restraint was gone as David swiftly undressed then reached out and pulled her down on to him . |
| 22 | It was in her hand when the soldier jerked her roughly around and pulled her against him . |
| 23 | About fifty feet from the first tent I turned the van around and pulled it slightly off the track . |