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

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1 A rabbit has been pulled out of the political hat , and might be handed to Hong Kong .
2 For example , Pete Coleman had to carry a shooting-stick for Greg Norman to sit on in the 1982 Australian Open , and in Zambia a caddie I saw on my Safari Tour travels carried an extra that could have proved an even bigger life-saver than the carrots that are pulled out of the bag by Sam Torrance 's caddie Malcolm Mason ( the carrots are supposed to calm Sam down on the greens ) : the Zambian caddie was carrying President Kaunda 's bag in a pro-am , and surreptitiously tucked away was a gun , just in case somebody tried to assassinate the golfing president while he decided on a four- or a five-iron .
3 We have 20 copies to give away to the first 20 readers whose names are pulled out of the bag on July 9 1992 , send your name and address on an adhesive label to Business Executive Diaries Ltd , Cornerways , Brenchley Road , Brenchley , Tonbridge , Kent TN12 7PB .
4 They have 75 for the first readers whose names are pulled out of the bag on July 8 1992 to try .
5 BaByliss have ten BodyToner Plus worth £34.95 to giveaway to the readers whose names are pulled out of the bag on July 8 1992 .
6 We have 15 to give away to the first readers whose named are pulled out of the bag on July 8 .
7 The bag should be emptied before it gets about half full and this is achieved by turning the bag anti-clockwise so that the spout can be pulled out of the dust port .
8 The winner will be the first name to be pulled out of the bag after the closing date of 6 July 1992 .
9 Platt was in England earlier this week , but flew back to play for Juventus in a friendly against Spal in Ferrara on Wednesday only to be pulled out of the game by his club .
10 Bending springs have a loop on one end ( so that they can be pulled out of the pipe afterwards ) and come in different sizes for different pipe diameters .
11 Both Corps had to be pulled out of the line , exhausted , on March 12th ; by which time the XVIIIth alone had lost 10,309 men and 295 officers .
12 Though the effect is purely symbolic , even poetic , as well as chilling , much of its force depends on rapidly cutting away to Marion 's car being pulled out of the lake — a banal , everyday detail of the investigation that almost makes us doubt whether we really saw that skull , previously forced on the viewer with horrifying shock impact in the cellar scene .
13 But imagine what it is to live in a country where there is no safety net , just a rubber mat to break your fall , and then even that is pulled out of the way .
14 If your name is pulled out of the hat on Friday , August 28 , it 's gay Paree for you and a partner .
15 No no no no you basically the company is pulled out of the ordinary high street travel business and set up a new concept in business travel .
16 Lady Brabourne senior was pulled out of the water alive , but died in hospital the next day .
17 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 .
18 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 .
19 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 .
20 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 .
21 ‘ I keep wondering , ’ said Clarissa , ‘ whether that woman who was pulled out of the canal could be anything to do with Barbs .
22 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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