Bush wants the story to be about whether he pulled strings.

I might pull strings and keep her for a while.

You were my father's best friend and I'm not above pulling strings.

This is someone who can pull strings from the inside.

Let's start pulling strings to see if anything comes apart.

Maybe she could pull strings and keep her license to practice.

But it was hard to pull strings when no one remembered him.

A middle-aged man who has pulled strings to be able to fight in the war.

Learning how to pull strings to make the Council see things my way, for instance.

He prefers pulling strings rather than being directly involved in many cases.

He'd have to pull strings to get Daniel into the clinic.

Dammit, I was trying to pull strings to get you clear.

Or you'll pull strings behind my back to make me do what you think I ought to be doing, without knowing it was your idea.

Again, Graff had been able to pull strings for them.

People are pulling strings around the place to keep a sense of normalcy.

Ms. Field said she had pulled strings even beforehand to get the job.

An insider said: "It looked like someone had been pulling strings."

Daddy had pulled strings to get her sent on this assignment.

"One, if you really believed that, you'd never have pulled strings to get me here.

Tomorrow he would pull strings to get the result of that X-ray fast.

You could still pull strings and get me on to her, if you wanted.

He was able to use his hands for pulling strings to open the horse's mouth and work its rolling eyes.

Now certain governments have seen reason and I've blackmailed people, pulled strings.

Two, the ambassador got scared, pulled strings to make the picture disappear.

I pulled strings in high places to get this far,' I said.