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And with that, he yanked me to my feet and, bracing me with one arm, escorted me to the elevator.

He thought some clawed thing clutched at his leg as he yanked himself back out onto the passageway, shaking from more than the cold.

In her most blatant attack, she yanked back an opponent's ponytail, ripping her to the ground.

Working his fingers between the top of the door frame and the rubber gasket , he yanked on it with all his strength.

You know it happens sometimes that the spirit gets yanked out so fast that the essence still feels it has work to do here.

If somebody yanked you out of that to go work at the post office all day, you'd barricade yourself in with a shotgun.

Frantically paddling to the surface, he yanked at the surfboard, attached to his ankle by a leash, climbed on, and pointed it toward shore.

Mr. Lin yanked up his head to find her confronting him. He wanted to escape, but there was no time. He could only go forward and greet her.

Ding Jun Hui who has not even finished his junior high school study was "yanked" out of his classroom by his father in 2001.

A couple of days ago, the policemen yanked the man in on a small charge and began to find out about the jewel robbery.

Finally his hiking partner, Lindsey Holm, grabbed it with a pair of pliers and after several sharp tugs, yanked it free.

Finally, at the crest of a wooded bluff overlooking the Missouri River, Anderson pulled over and yanked Laura out of the truck.

The eyelids spring open. They do a fast-out as if they were forcibly yanked up by the brows.

I had already collected my bag, but wanting to be helpful, the old man watched me as I grabbed his handle, yanked and snapped it clean off.

Then they yanked it out of Germany in response to financial panic.

He hunched there in sunglasses, a baseball cap yanked tight over his head. Sometimes Mr.

Charities have put up their hands to claim meals that have been yanked from retail shelves as the growing horsemeat scandal engulfs Europe.

When she yanked them out, the condom that we just used flew up into the air and landed on the floor in front of her entire family.

Kim yanked their truck to the side of the road, and Steve pulled on his clothes.

He calmly yanked his shot crosscourt for a winner, then punched the air with both fists to celebrate the knockout.

He pulled the covers and yanked them over his head.

Your tendon has already been yanked around too much, and stretching, at least at first, will hurt more than help.

Frightened by the invasion of Iraq, Syria nevertheless yanked the American lion's tail by letting insurgents slip into the fray.

I happened to be a young, unwilling emigrant, yanked from my happy childhood.

The next moment, he told me, a pupil yanked open the door, squared up to him and demanded: "What do you want? "

Nothing. Your mother walked in and I yanked the thingies off.

Yet even to many of his admirers, the thrill of seeing the American lion's tail violently yanked proved short-lived.

She yanked the child out of the mud.

And big financial firms that aren't banks can be yanked into the embrace of the Federal Reserve.

Teacher X's articles are often yanked off his blog. So you'd better log on his blog fast.

I yanked him to the window by his shirt collar.

He once jumped out of bed, yanked out the tubes and collapsed naked on the floor.

As soon as he touched the hot cake, he yanked his hand away with a cry of pain.

"Why? " some of them yelled. "Tell us something, " they said as black-suited police wearing riot helmets yanked at them.

He stowed the radio and yanked his sidearm from its holster, running toward the exit.

Rafer & Juwan played terrible and JVG should have yanked them off the floor. Do we really miss Chuck Hayes that much? I guess so.

The executioner reached down, took hold of the man's short braid, and yanked it over to one side.

Households also have yanked roughly $70 billion out of U. S. equity funds this year, though the stock market has gained 4%.

Yeah. . . ? -Someone walked by, carelessly tripped over my power cord, yanked me straight down to the ground. Bam!

Over the same period, U. S. investors have actually yanked billions from other stock funds.

The new Microsoft Kin was yanked after Microsoft patiently waited three weeks watching sales numbers go nowhere.

By accident he touched the hot metal, and yanked his hand away with a cry of pain.

I reached out my floating hand and yanked a lever on the train.

It's the old family and career tug-of-war, and you're stuck in the middle, being yanked wildly back and forth.

Yeah, so his opponent yanked his hat out of the ring.

Ali al-Abdullatif nodded, then yanked the steering wheel to one side to avoid a dropoff.

Suddenly she caught me by the back of my collar and yanked me from the seat.

I felt a hand dIg Into my shoulder and then I was jerked from the car. My arms were yanked forward. Handcuffs were snapped around my wrIsts.

Then she was violently yanked backward off her feet.

The police yanked the offenders off to the police station.

Choice yanked their inventory for two weeks before the parties came to an agreement and signed a new three-year deal a couple of weeks back.

But would he mind if the place where he had spent countless hours growing up was yanked out from under him?

I yanked them on, but I couldn't get my feet out; they were too long.

In the past it has yanked the continent towards open markets and economic liberalism.

She yanked out a loose tooth.

The sign there now reads "The Embassy of T. . . " ; the other letters were yanked down.

But when eBay operators heard about the auction, they yanked the ad, saying it is against company policy to sell human beings.

The clip was quickly yanked from YouTube, because the Catholic Archdiocese says the toy pontiff was not wearing authentic attire.

As investors yanked money from this market, they would invest only for super-short time periods in commercial paper.

He yanked at her arm, pulling her along beside him.

Jittery investors yanked money out of risky assets such as stocks and poured them into U. S. Treasuries.

That "they yanked the A team I think suggests that they're cutting their losses, " Scott says.

Seven-year-old Piper, who was yanked from school and her friends for two months, knows?

That is a marked turnaround from the $23 billion yanked out of equity funds in August, when double-dip fears raged.

Well there were apps and thankfully they've been yanked from the shelves.

I don't have time to read this, because I'm going to be yanked off.

The boy shrugged, grabbed the hammer, and yanked out the nail.

In other words, it was not yanked out.

Mr Pier yanked his son away from boarding-school.

The sketch was yanked when critics claimed that it encouraged kids to play with fire.

Ruthie has been yanked out from under whatever dark cloud she conjured up.

Ronnie yanked on my arm one more time before I turned and ran.

One Friday morning, the third tree was startled when her beam was Yanked from the forgotten woodpile.

One Friday morning, the third tree was startled when her beams were yanked from the forgotten wood pile.

Fail to show up, and your vehicle license is yanked.

Tanner yanked the gun free of the Arab.

Jarod yanked his mount aside just in time to avoid an agonizing death.

He reached for the car door and yanked it open.

He yanked out the sore tooth.

Then he was yanked up by a crane.

Four hours, 450 visitors, and 22, 000 photo views later, Harvard yanked Zuckerberg's Internet connection.

The dentist yanked my tooth out.

He yanked on the brake when he saw a big stone ahead.

He found its cord and yanked. The light went out .

He wedged a friend's head under his armpit, and gritting his teeth, yanked his shoulder back into place.

American films may be yanked in favour of domestic ones ( "Avatar" had to make way for "Confucius" last year).

She hurried across the room and yanked the window up.

My two-year-old nephew yanked the corner of the table cloth and a bottle of red wine tipped over

and yanked the little thingies off before i had to answer