1.   He kept making desperate swimming movements, feebly threshing the water trying to pull himself free.

2.   He managed to pull himself free with a sudden downward movement of his hands.

3.   The cabby refused and grabbed him by the arm, at which point the robber pulled free and ran off.

4.   Experimentally, Ashley tried to pull free, but he refused to release her.

5.   The man managed to pull them free after he heard their shouts for help at Towyn in Clwyd.

6.   After much effort and considerable exertion, the carriage was finally pulled free.

7.   But his old friend, the sort of friend you can count on, found Davis beneath the water, pulled him free and saved his life.

8.   Install drawer stops to prevent drawers from being pulled free from dressers.

9.   It cannot be removed from the drain until the pivot rod is pulled free.

10.   Szpilman himself was pulled free at the last moment by one of the hated Jewish police who collaborated with the SS.