Examples of 'was to pull' in a sentence

Meaning of "was to pull"

was to pull: This phrase indicates that someone or something was supposed to exert force to draw or move another person or object in a particular direction

How to use "was to pull" in a sentence

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was to pull
My first instinct was to pull the fire alarm.
He was to pull the rope when he wished to be let down further.
My first impulse obviously was to pull my hand away.
Plan was to pull it once inside the house.
The only reason we started playing was to pull chicks.
The solution was to pull two of his teeth.
Grant proceeded to ask Phil how easy Sharon was to pull.
It was like his job was to pull back the curtain.
One was to pull the master switch, the other was to do the deed.
The objective of this was to pull out the best practice.
But if she only knew how difficult it was to pull away….
What you really wanted was to pull off criminal feats no one had done before.
The only way to get it to stop was to pull the plug.
If I was to pull him out of the field.
His very first instinct was to pull out his gun.

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The purpose was to pull together Christian Democrats against the rising dangers of Fascism.
The actor described how hard it was to pull the scenes off.
Like, if I was to pull one scene out to go.
The political advice that came back from UN Headquarters was to pull out of Kibeho.
I thought this meeting was to pull me off the case before I get killed.
Also, his campaign promise was to pull out.
He said his goal was to pull the Shiites of Lebanon away from Iran.
The main thing we wanted to achieve was to pull off this sense of scale.
Leszek was to pull strings in the Health Department, but.
They said that the only remedy was to pull out all his teeth.
Their goal was to pull the entire world into Subspace, thus, destroying it.
When I hit that fellow, your first instinct was to pull your weapon and cover me.
If I was to pull some blood and run a tox screen, what would I find?
I impressed myself with how easy it was to pull together this beautiful flower arrangement.
Ivan 's best plan was to pull back and concentrate his force.
The first improvement ( as you see in No. 2 ) was to pull down this brick building.
My reply was to pull off my t-shirt, too.
The prosecution 's job was to pull that argument apart.
Part of his job was to pull pins prior to the pilot 's arrival.
The reason they did it, ma'am, was to pull me away from the bigger inquiry.
But what he did was to pull straight back on the helmet Ha, ha!
I didn't say I was to pull your hair!
My original instinct was to pull out-and, historically, I like following my instincts.
Kennedy 's breakthrough was to pull the brain inside the electrode.

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