The phrase "a history of pulling" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing past actions or behaviors related to the act of pulling, whether literally or metaphorically.
Example: "The athlete has a history of pulling muscles during intense training sessions, which has affected their performance."
Alternatives: "a record of pulling" or "a background of pulling".
Until tonight, Mr. Engler had a history of pulling Bushes through here.
The European project has a history of pulling out of a crisis precisely at the moment when it seems things are doomed.
Given the demand, "our strategy was probably justified in the first week".Dubai's third advantage is a history of pulling off grand schemes.
I attended a product launch years ago that was hosted by an octogenarian artist who has a history of pulling practical jokes and pranks.
Chaminade carries a history of pulling off head-turning upsets: its December 1982 defeat of the Ralph Sampson-led powerhouse Virginia, 77-72, in Oahu still resonates as one of the biggest in college basketball history.
The Los Angeles jury spent nearly nine days deliberating over the case in which the prosecution portrayed Spector, 68, as a misogynist with a history of pulling guns and "playing Russian roulette with the lives of women" while drunk.
Young and old Americans, however, also have a long history of pulling ourselves together for a common purpose.
The project went off without hitches and now has been replicated in four other Mexican cities. Meyer, 37, has a long history of pulling off projects in challenging locations: Albania, Guinea, India.
Through the stories of these four cities, he sketches a history of empires pulled along by their "future cities".
Masters was laying it on thick, and to some effect judging by the steam that used to issue from Tommy Raudonikis's ears, but the pejorative was only enhanced by Manly's history of pulling out the cheque book to poach the game's best talent.
According to police records viewed by the Cincinnati Enquirer, Borden had a history of violent, racist behavior, including pulling a knife on a high school peer when he was 13 because he thought he was Jewish.
