Example sentences of "[pron] pull [adv] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | I pulled away from Dad and started to run , wheeling my bike beside me . |
| 2 | I was determined to see it and I pulled away from him and went up to the box office to pay my penny , hoping he would follow . |
| 3 | Signe saw the policeman just as I pulled away from the kerb . |
| 4 | Those of you who are still concerned about our results should take comfort in the fact that these are early days and with the season barely three-quarters over we still have ten games remaining in which to pull away from the bottom . |
| 5 | She pulled away from Will who 'd slipped an arm round her waist . |
| 6 | She pulled away from him . |
| 7 | She pulled away from him . |
| 8 | She pulled away from him , aghast . |
| 9 | She pulled away from him . |
| 10 | ‘ There 's a bruise , ’ he told her curtly , releasing her hair as she pulled away from him defensively , the inner disturbance that was her inevitable response to his lightest touch suddenly infuriating her . |
| 11 | She pulled away from him , rubbing the mark he had left on her wrist . |
| 12 | She pulled away from him . |
| 13 | I felt ashamed — embarrassed — ’ She pulled away from him , rummaged in her pocket for a handkerchief , and could n't find one . |
| 14 | She pulled away from him , shakily , her eyes wide and misted , her moist lips parted in turmoil . |
| 15 | The thought brought her up short , and she pulled away from his kiss , sending him a quick horrified glance as she wondered once again if he had been able to read her mind . |
| 16 | She pulled away from him , shrugging her arms into the jacket sleeves . |
| 17 | As I relaxed I took a look around to see what was going down , just as we pulled away from the lights and turned left . |
| 18 | His real thoughts were on something else and he fell silent as they pulled away from the post Office and up the dale . |
| 19 | She could hear the rising engine-note of the Corporation buses as they pulled away from the stop at the corner , coming from nowhere either of them had ever heard of , going on through the gathering winter dusk to destinations equally obscure . |
| 20 | Once the light indicator had reached the limit of its travel the bream had to grip the bait to stop it pulling away from its lips . |
| 21 | For the last six days they had clung to hope , but they finally felt it pulling away from them — the miracle they wanted just did not happen . |
| 22 | Smiling , he pulled away from her . |
| 23 | ‘ You need a holiday , son , ’ he said to himself as he pulled away from the kerb . |
| 24 | As he pulled away from the kerb , he said , ‘ I think you drank too much . ’ |
| 25 | He pulled away from her and looked into her face , his expression soft and serious at the same time . |
| 26 | He pulled away from her then , and fearing rejection she shrank still farther . |
| 27 | He pulled away from them both long enough to wipe blood from his face and to lean on the stair-rail , sucking in deep breaths . |
| 28 | He pulled away from her and sat on the edge of the bed . |
| 29 | A fresh gust of rain bounced off the bonnet as he pulled away from the kerb . |
| 30 | Behind her she could hear the sudden roar of the car engine as he pulled away from the kerb , then the steady throb as he slowed it alongside her . |