Sentence examples for pulled some strings from inspiring English sources

Ms. Stout pulled some strings and got Ms. Zahani a private tour of ground zero.

He had pulled some strings to get a copy of the sold-out game Trivial Pursuit.

I pulled some strings with a ski shop here to open early to put the bindings on.

She also pulled some strings to get the county's Department of Public Works to replace three roofs at the village.

He grew up in Dallas and graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School at 15. "My mother was a teacher, so she pulled some strings," he said.

Your agent joked to me that maybe your late husband had a hand in your success - that he's pulled some strings from the afterlife.

"Milosevic can pull some strings," Mr. Tijanic said.

I can pull some strings and make that happen.

"I had to pull some strings to get here, believe it or not," Mr. Dippolito said.

Employees are hoping that Mr. Obama, too, will pull some strings for them.

"We're at the stage where you still have to pull some strings, but in four or five years...'...'..