Example sentences of "he pulled [adv prt] the " in BNC.

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1 So he pulled up the brakes on the reindeer
2 He pulled up the wooden chair from beside the bed and sat down .
3 The water in the moat was deep , and if he pulled up the drawbridge over the moat , no one could get to him .
4 When his mother knocked on the door he pulled up the sheet .
5 He pulled up the collar of his overcoat and lit a cigarette .
6 He pulled off the hat and thrust it back at her .
7 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 …
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 He pulled down the blankets and fumbled for his matches .
11 Then he pulled down the sheet , which was all the bedclothes she had needed on that warm night , and she lay naked before him .
12 He pulled down the people on both sides of him .
13 He pulled down the wires that had let Jekub taste the electricity .
14 He pulled back the bedclothes and put the jar underneath them .
15 He pulled back the blankets , peeled back the cotton and rubber sheets and struggled down the ladder with them in his arms .
16 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 .
17 As the stretcher passed by he pulled back the blanket .
18 As he pulled back the perspex canopy he permitted himself a small smile at Stallen , whom he knew .
19 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 .
20 He pulled out the grill .
21 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 .
22 He pulled out the little packet of contraceptives and showed them to her .
23 He pulled out the pouffe and sat on it with them propped on his knees .
24 ‘ Now , ’ said Zach , jumping onto the bed , ‘ I can read my letter , ’ and he pulled out the crumpled envelope from his shorts .
25 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 .
26 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 .
27 He pulled out the bike and straddled it , followed by Alexander , who inclined his fat head minimally .
28 And he pulled out the keystone of the dam .
29 He pulled out the chair across from Nelson and sat down , placing his shoes on the floor beside him .
30 He pulled out the Skein of Geese matchbook and clumsily lit her cigarette .
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