Example sentences of "[coord] pull [pron] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | These include plungers , wormscrews ( for boring into a blockage and pulling it out ) , and scrapers for removing sludge and silt and either pushing it down the drain or pulling it back into the inspection chamber on which you are working . |
| 2 | ‘ Sit down again , pray , ’ pleaded her hostess , reaching for her hand and pulling her back to the sofa . |
| 3 | Ormanroyd and he 's got round Laws and pulls it back into the danger area but the cross defended well . |
| 4 | For at last the witch was weakened by Carmellina 's guile , and hoisted her to her feet , and pulled her over to the window and pointed down the stony path that led to one of her lair 's doors , and to the Indian fig cacti growing there in bat-eared monster shapes , and said , ‘ I 've always fancied a new little number , made to measure , of stuff woven from prickly-pear skins , bit of red for excitement , but mainly green , it 's so elegant , do n't you think , with long sleeves and a full skirt sweeping around me , with a bit of a train … . |
| 5 | He settled one hand on each side of her hips and pulled her back into the V of his legs . |
| 6 | Instead of shaking it , however , he grabbed it and pulled her out into the street . |
| 7 | Panic-stricken , she tried to pull her arm out of his , but her companion ignored her struggles , saying , ‘ Come on , ducks , no need to bovver ourselves with supper ; let's ‘ ave our bit of fun first , ’ and pulled her along into the alley where Dr Neil had found her . |
| 8 | He found a huge , high-backed oak chair and pulled it up beside the fire . |
| 9 | Then , without warning , she grabbed hard and pulled it up into the air so that everyone could see what she was doing . |
| 10 | Duncan stood back , against the wall , as Myeloski picked up one of the wooden chairs and pulled it up to the cot . |
| 11 | She slid her fingers from her friend 's grasp and pulled herself up in the bed , a smile lighting up the ageing beauty of her face . |
| 12 | Julia nodded and pulled herself up from the sofa . |
| 13 | Alexandra dug her toes into fissures in the canyon wall and pulled herself on to the platform which was dry and flat and sloped slightly towards the sea . |
| 14 | The problem was finally solved by fixing a wire to my ankle and running it under the rock to an aqualunged diver , who on a signal from Stuart would tug on the wire and pull me down with the speed of an express lift , and would let go when my face turned blue . |
| 15 | Let the wind do the work and pull you up on the board . |
| 16 | The horsefly larvae use their two large jaws to capture the tiny toad and pull it down into the mud where they feed on its body fluids . |
| 17 | If the gull has the nerve to dive at them , an auntie may even grab it by the feet and pull it down into the water . |
| 18 | and pull it in to the small boat ? |
| 19 | She had no energy to swim in the water and pull herself out on the small strip of toilet paper left from the last flushing of the toilet . |
| 20 | The altitude is not very good for some of them : a box of old books that I found had congealed together with the damp and had I dared to try and pull one out from the row of upturned spines , to identify it , all the others would have risen too . |
| 21 | Replacing the shoebox but leaving the tell-tale sea of marbles , he stood on Vic 's bed and tried , without success , to jump and pull himself up to the small opening . |
| 22 | She fluffed it in rehearsal , but pulled it off for the cameras . |