Example sentences of "was pulled [adv prt] of [art] " in BNC.

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1 Perhaps the number of such advisers was pulled out of a hat .
2 Lady Brabourne senior was pulled out of the water alive , but died in hospital the next day .
3 Less than 12 months after Steve Pate was pulled out of the Ryder Cup singles on medical grounds much the same thing happened at the recent PGA Cup match at Kildare .
4 The phone rang and he moved to answer it , but the flex was pulled out of the wall by the police before he could speak .
5 After he was pulled out of the tour following a four-match ban and then seeing Wakefield 's Michael Jackson make the trip after picking up a similar suspension , Goulding probably feels there 's a vendetta against him .
6 He wonders why Thorneycroft was pulled out of the student squad and Pepper was not when it 's obvious that openside flanker is a position where England have strength in depth whereas not on the wing .
7 ‘ I keep wondering , ’ said Clarissa , ‘ whether that woman who was pulled out of the canal could be anything to do with Barbs .
8 French superstar Zafonic was pulled out of the St James 's Palace Stakes when owner Prince Khalid Abdulla decided not to risk him on the rain-softened surface .
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