Sentence examples for to pull strings from inspiring English sources

Among Mr Lam's nicknames is "hei shou"—a "black hand" who knows how to pull strings.

You don't need to pull strings as obviously as Turkey's rampaging president to get your way.

By itself, Mr. Claywell's ability to pull strings with top decision makers might not be remarkable.

You might need to pull strings occasionally to get the right people in charge and the right positions enthusiastically adopted.

Not because Jeb would have been missing from Tallahassee and unable to pull strings for his brother.

"But in the long run, I didn't need anyone to pull strings to get me out here," Martin said.

Meanwhile, plummeting demand has prompted Asda to pull string vests, once a staple male undergarment, from its shelves.

For example, variables for the way of gaining entry to work are −1, 0, and 1, standing for variation from pulling strings to not pulling strings, being invariant, and from not pulling strings to pulling strings, separately.

So it is no surprise then that some parents want to help pull strings for their children.

He went to Vietnam, i.e., he did not pull strings to avoid the war.

Pull strings to the bonfire, and thread the rocket assemblies onto the strings.