Example sentences of "he pull [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , she seemed to have forgotten all about it , because she told him to pull up a chair and warm himself by the fire . |
| 2 | ‘ I looked for a marshall 's post , but the guy 's glove prevented him pulling out the safety pin in the extinguisher and I had to get out of the car and do it for him ! ’ |
| 3 | She rolled onto her side to let him pull down the zip of her dress . |
| 4 | He pulled up a piece of grass and began to chew it thoughtfully . |
| 5 | He pulled up a chair and sat down . |
| 6 | But a few moments later , in Simon 's cottage , when he pulled up a chair to the fire and gently pressed her down into it , she managed to say , ‘ You — knew … |
| 7 | He pulled up a high stool and stood , his bottom propped on the stool , which he used like a shooting stick , his painting posture for these latter days . |
| 8 | As it happened he pulled up a shattered Kersil seven from home . |
| 9 | So he pulled up the brakes on the reindeer |
| 10 | He pulled up the wooden chair from beside the bed and sat down . |
| 11 | The water in the moat was deep , and if he pulled up the drawbridge over the moat , no one could get to him . |
| 12 | When his mother knocked on the door he pulled up the sheet . |
| 13 | He pulled up the collar of his overcoat and lit a cigarette . |
| 14 | The climax to the main event saw Wrexham 's Simon Ainley pave the way for an appearance in the final against North London 's Martin Adebisi , after he pulled off a surprise victory in the event 's semi-final over Sunderland 's top seed Ashley Kershaw , by a 7–6 7–5 margin . |
| 15 | He pulled off a tremendous save from Sukristovas in the first half and denied the same player in the second . |
| 16 | He pulled off a couple of cracking saves , and for the first time this season United kept everything out . |
| 17 | He pulled off the hat and thrust it back at her . |
| 18 | Luckily Wolves did n't last night … and Town keep Fraser Digby had springs in his as he pulled off the save of the game … |
| 19 | Then he pulled down the oven door , smelt the sweet , fatty smell of the meat and knew that it was probably this very fact that accounted for his decision to go through with the business . |
| 20 | I walked to him and , as he pulled down the lower part of the head-wrap from across his mouth , he introduced himself as Idris . |
| 21 | He pulled down the blankets and fumbled for his matches . |
| 22 | Then he pulled down the sheet , which was all the bedclothes she had needed on that warm night , and she lay naked before him . |
| 23 | He pulled down the people on both sides of him . |
| 24 | He pulled down the wires that had let Jekub taste the electricity . |
| 25 | He pulled back a curtain revealing a brick wall close outside the window . |
| 26 | He pulled back the bedclothes and put the jar underneath them . |
| 27 | He pulled back the blankets , peeled back the cotton and rubber sheets and struggled down the ladder with them in his arms . |
| 28 | The offender held his pistol to the head of a customer who was being served and demanded that the assistants filled two bags with cash ; when one of them hesitated he pulled back the breech of the gun and threatened to shoot the customer . |
| 29 | As the stretcher passed by he pulled back the blanket . |
| 30 | As he pulled back the perspex canopy he permitted himself a small smile at Stallen , whom he knew . |