Example sentences of "pull [pron] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE Tranmere Rovers players were so high on good publicity before this match that their manager , John King , said he would have to pull them down from the ceiling . |
| 2 | Their manager , John King , said his players were so high on publicity that before this match he had to pull them down from the ceiling . |
| 3 | Right , I was subject to a , an assault that was quite frightening erm in that I was working in a shop on my own and er someone came into the shop and locked the door behind me and tried er to pull me down towards the back of the shop and er apart from being very frightened I find it difficult to accept that I was just an innocent victim , I kept making excuses that this person who did it to me did n't mean to frighten me he , only could n't communicate that he , he , he said it eventually when I managed to fight him off he said , I just wanted to give you a kiss and er I find it very difficult and I had to be forced to go to the police erm to tell them about this because I thought you know its just a misunderstanding and , but it was terrifying |
| 4 | if you have to pull me out of the rubble |
| 5 | He got hold of the polished tip of one of his shoes , and tried to pull himself away from the wall . |
| 6 | He sat astride the Lock gates and began to pull himself out along the top of them . |
| 7 | The water start uses the force of the wind to pull you out of the water and , when performed properly , is a faster and more efficient means of starting on all types of board . |
| 8 | Something was trying to pull itself out of the corridor wall . |
| 9 | For weeks now she 'd been recognizing him , her eyes following him round the room , and she tried to pull herself up in the cradle to see him better . |
| 10 | Mandy managed to pull herself away from the glasses long enough to roll green eyes at her cousin and wrinkle her freckled nose . |
| 11 | Merrill made a determined effort to pull herself out of the glow induced by the wine and Luke 's compliments . |
| 12 | She felt sticky and heavy , as if she was trying to pull herself out of the chlorinated pool with the water dragging at her bulk , breaking the surface tension with an effort . |
| 13 | Nuadu could see that her fingers were gone now , and that she was trying to pull herself back into the heartwood , which would have been her dwelling and the place from which she drew sustenance and vitality , but the Robemaker made another of his sudden curt gestures and the slaves fell to their work again , sweat streaming from their half-clad bodies and Nuadu saw the heartwood splinter and fall apart . |
| 14 | He tried to ease his body to one side to let her come in but he was surprised once again as she got hold of his hand and began to pull him out of the bed . |
| 15 | Oddly enough the worst was his shoulder , where the man had seized it to pull him out of the car . |
| 16 | She had grabbed his hand and his cane firmly in her hands and was trying to pull him back through the water . |
| 17 | Members of a Cardiff ladies ' rowing club tried to pull her out of the mud , but found the current was too fast , and the bitch ( yes , she is called Eric ! ) , too heavy . |
| 18 | They reckoned They was going to pull it down after the War . |
| 19 | I cast and make sure the worm lands three or four yards further than the baited area , which allows me to pull it back to the swim and sink the line at the same time . |
| 20 | He said that Maccas goal would be credited as an OG , cos he was trying to pull it back from the byline but it hit sherwood and span in . |
| 21 | My men saw that huge box on the water , and we decided to pull it along behind the ship . |
| 22 | It , it was , it was a disastrous weekend for the U's , what on earth are they going to do tonight , are they going to be able to pull it out of the hat and , and |
| 23 | The foot is reduced to a protrusion that they use to pull themselves down into the sand . |
| 24 | However , Liverpool began to pull themselves back into the game , and in the 68th minute Bobby Mimms had to push Ian Rush 's close-range header off the line . |
| 25 | The Cherry and Whites tried to pull themselves back into the game … they huffed and puffed but could n't blow the Scottish down … and defeat means the rugby world are wondering whether Gloucester are as strong as they were … club coach keith richardson knows the truth |
| 26 | Onto another club trying to pull themselves out of the doldrums … |
| 27 | All that postmodernism has been able to do is signal the demise and loss of all we have held dear , and it remains for another generation of artists to pull us out of the mire . |
| 28 | Hence none of the engines of recovery is available to pull us out of the recession . |
| 29 | my dad this morning he woke me up by pulling me up by the hair , bashing my face into the pillow a couple of times , I just looked at , then go , and I looked at him |
| 30 | At the top end , very high-fliers are still in demand , to the extent that recruiters sometimes have difficulty pulling them down from the stratosphere to fill plum vacancies . |