Example sentences of "he pull [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 ! ’ |
| 2 | She rolled onto her side to let him pull down the zip of her dress . |
| 3 | So he pulled up the brakes on the reindeer |
| 4 | He pulled up the wooden chair from beside the bed and sat down . |
| 5 | The water in the moat was deep , and if he pulled up the drawbridge over the moat , no one could get to him . |
| 6 | When his mother knocked on the door he pulled up the sheet . |
| 7 | He pulled up the collar of his overcoat and lit a cigarette . |
| 8 | He pulled off the hat and thrust it back at her . |
| 9 | 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 … |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | He pulled down the blankets and fumbled for his matches . |
| 13 | Then he pulled down the sheet , which was all the bedclothes she had needed on that warm night , and she lay naked before him . |
| 14 | He pulled down the people on both sides of him . |
| 15 | He pulled down the wires that had let Jekub taste the electricity . |
| 16 | He pulled back the bedclothes and put the jar underneath them . |
| 17 | He pulled back the blankets , peeled back the cotton and rubber sheets and struggled down the ladder with them in his arms . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | As the stretcher passed by he pulled back the blanket . |
| 20 | As he pulled back the perspex canopy he permitted himself a small smile at Stallen , whom he knew . |
| 21 | Satisfied , he pulled back the canvas sheet , replaced the tallow candle , genuflected towards the sanctuary and left the church , Cranston following as quickly as possible . |
| 22 | He pulled out the grill . |
| 23 | He pulled out the bottom drawer , grabbed all the leaflets from the estate agents , all the newspaper cuttings of houses for sale , and threw them on the floor . |
| 24 | He pulled out the little packet of contraceptives and showed them to her . |
| 25 | He pulled out the pouffe and sat on it with them propped on his knees . |
| 26 | ‘ Now , ’ said Zach , jumping onto the bed , ‘ I can read my letter , ’ and he pulled out the crumpled envelope from his shorts . |
| 27 | Just when it looked as though Holligan would struggle , while being watched by his world featherweight champion pal Paul Hodkinson , he pulled out the big one . |
| 28 | He pulled out the battered sea captain 's telescope that he had bought in Caen to replace the expensive glass that he had lost after Toulouse . |
| 29 | He pulled out the bike and straddled it , followed by Alexander , who inclined his fat head minimally . |
| 30 | And he pulled out the keystone of the dam . |