Example sentences of "and pulled [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I learned to canoe years ago when three of us put borrowed boats in the water at Glasbury and pulled them out , finally , several days later at Tintern , having gone down the Wye . |
| 2 | Thacker enjoyed the entertainment for a full forty seconds , then stooped and pulled them apart as easily as if they were two bits of cotton fluff stuck together . |
| 3 | An illegit would be an unusual sight there , Fox untucked her sleeves and pulled them down to hang over her wrists . |
| 4 | She reached out and pulled them to her in a protective motherly gesture . |
| 5 | They dashed out and pulled them up — and drug squad colleagues in Cwmbran , Gwent , later confirmed that the plants were big enough to have supplied hundreds of joints . |
| 6 | He raised his wings and pulled them back a little , bent his head forward , slightly opened his beak , and lunged forward and down at the white flesh of the hand that was pushing itself with a piece of sandwich through the front bars of his cage . |
| 7 | Sometimes we got into a shoal of them and pulled them in as fast as we could handle the lines ; sometimes we failed to find any . |
| 8 | She tried to struggle , but he caught her flailing wrists and pulled them roughly behind her back , holding them easily in one hand . |
| 9 | Advocate Depute Elizabeth Jarvie said that Graeme immediately went along the track where he found two trolleys on the line and pulled them off before the sleeper arrived . |
| 10 | She gripped his shoulder harder and pulled him up , out of bed . |
| 11 | In the ensuing chaos , six or seven pairs of hands grabbed Ferryman and pulled him down on to his bottom . |
| 12 | Kalchu reached over to where he and Hārkini had been squabbling , picked him up by both elbows and pulled him on to his lap . |
| 13 | If you cut him up and pulled him out of your body — which is what they do — ’ |
| 14 | Then a girl , too young to be his mother , rushed out of the cottage , clasped the child by the hand , and pulled him , protestingly , indoors . |
| 15 | Isobel stared at him , then laughed , drew her arm through his and pulled him towards the door . |
| 16 | They reached out and pulled him into the Ship . |
| 17 | The other man was rescued after an officer held out his truncheon and pulled him ashore . |
| 18 | And Kate 's mother had put her arm around him and pulled him towards her . |
| 19 | Pushing himself from the wall he grabbed Tommy 's jacket and pulled him along the road . |
| 20 | Jill darted forward and pulled him aside , giving his wrist a sharp slap to teach him manners . |
| 21 | Hurriedly she took a fresh grip on Adam and pulled him round the side of a broken column , out of sight . |
| 22 | Katherine took her father 's hand and pulled him towards her room . |
| 23 | Her thin lips clasped tight together , fearing any sound might betray her , she hooked her legs about him and pulled him further and further into her . |
| 24 | She held out a hand and , when he took it , heaved him upright and pulled him towards the bedroom . |
| 25 | In the house , Ellwood took the old man by the shirtfront and pulled him round in a circle , then round again , as if they were playing a manic version of Ring o' Roses . |
| 26 | He wedged his clothes into a gap between boulders above the waterline , then grabbed Carey 's feet and pulled him towards the edge . |
| 27 | Soon , however , we discovered Magwitch in the water , badly injured , and pulled him into the boat . |
| 28 | He hooked an arm around Molassi 's spitting , jerking body and pulled him off . |
| 29 | Sikes seized the boy 's collar through the window and pulled him back out into the garden . |
| 30 | Then one of the men gave a shout , seized the boy by a leg and pulled him into the hall . |