There was a little quiet leg-pulling but that was all.    From Wordnik.com.  [Favourite Dog Stories]

The leg-pulling had stopped, but I sensed at all times the hostility from Briggs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Every living thing]

The purchase of a new car was invariably greeted with a bit of leg-pulling by most of the farmers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Every living thing]

‘We’ve found out what we wanted to know, anyway,’ she said, ‘so a truce to the leg-pulling.    From Wordnik.com.  [My Bones Will Keep]

He would face a good deal of leg-pulling if he was wrong, but precious minutes would be saved if he was right.    From Wordnik.com.  [Graf Spee]

Yes, but it was a rather elegant and graceful bit of leg-pulling if one can in fact pull legs in such a manner.    From Wordnik.com.  [Making Light: Open thread 136] Reference

Their friendship had survived almost half a century of confiding, bantering, arguing, leg-pulling, rib-poking, and caring.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Cat Who Came To Breakfast]

At first she had thought that he was going in for a not very funny kind of leg-pulling but she soon discovered her mistake.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tied Up in Tinsel]

A basic mistake in approaching Donaghy's work would be to assume its emotional core was at odds with its frequent leg-pulling and cod-scholarly tangents.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-04-01] Reference

Fortunately I don't work in an environment that reads The Bookseller online or I suspect I would have been in for a fair old bit of leg-pulling about this byline.    From Wordnik.com.  [Reality check] Reference

And the day of leg-pulling would not be complete without the.    From Wordnik.com.  [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] Reference

There was a fair bit of leg-pulling but it was never malicious.    From Wordnik.com.  [Elections - fresh news by plazoo.com] Reference

Now I've always quite liked Barry, despite my constant leg-pulling.    From Wordnik.com.  [British Blogs] Reference

Some well thought out speeches, lots of leg-pulling and humour and an appropriate amount of sentiment.    From Wordnik.com.  [Army Rumour Service] Reference

Tree's actual words, for I wrote them down at the time, as a supreme example of the art of "leg-pulling.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Here, There and Everywhere] Reference

"It's Kiwi tongue-in-cheek humour at its very best, but beneath the leg-pulling is genuine pride," he said.    From Wordnik.com.  [AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories] Reference

At another level, it is an occasion for family reunions, food fiestas and merry-making, with a bit of leg-pulling.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Mere man is a paradoxical creature -- it is not always possible to distinguish between his sober earnest and his leg-pulling exercises.    From Wordnik.com.  [Modern Eloquence: Vol II, After-Dinner Speeches E-O] Reference

"He went on to say Shane would be insane to think about it, and Richie knows a thing or two about leg-spinning -- as well as leg-pulling.".    From Wordnik.com.  [NEWS.com.au | Top Stories] Reference

From R Kaushik Mysore: There was the usual leg-pulling and banter, plenty of chat and a palpable sense of anticipation, but Karnataka's young.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Tourism boss wins Cork award] Reference

Let me tell you something, Dan: a woman that will stoop to the petty leg-pulling, sponging, grafting that she does to save two bits or less has got a thief's make-up.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Lady Doc] Reference

Shambhu Prasad Singh Rathore, the disgraced former Haryana From R Kaushik Mysore: There was the usual leg-pulling and banter, plenty of chat and a palpable sense of anticipation, but Karnataka's young.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Ban calls India 'strong partner' of UN] Reference

Jeff, i know this happened last year so it's probably hard to remember back then (various winkages to communicate leg-pulling), but Barack Obama won the Dem nomination because he fought in all 50 states.    From Wordnik.com.  [BlueOregon] Reference

Staff Reporter March past and release of postal cover mark the occasion From R Kaushik Mysore: There was the usual leg-pulling and banter, plenty of chat and a palpable sense of anticipation, but Karnataka's young.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Organic farming to be popularised] Reference

It's the fastest possible way to be wrong about the world, and usually just an excuse for various forms of sloppy thinking: cherry-picking, scapegoating, doomsaying, fear-mongering, sandbagging, arm-twisting, wool-gathering, leg-pulling.    From Wordnik.com.  [NYT > Home Page] Reference

Death is such a silly, cynical thing that a little wholesome leg-pulling by an impartial observer ought to do it good. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [This Is the End] Reference

No, so far it’s all very decorous, although reading between the lines you begin to suspect a fair amount of leg-pulling is going on.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Beekeeper's Apprentice]

I sense some gentle leg-pulling here.    From Wordnik.com.  [HH Com 527] Reference

Ways to detect leg-pulling in TPM posts.    From Wordnik.com.  [MSNBC On Populist Edwards: "Multi-Millionaire Candidate"] Reference

1 It’s all been rumour and leg-pulling, and there is no Salingerian treasure chest.    From Wordnik.com.  [2010 January] Reference

"They aren't the sort who are going to start giving him a bit of the old leg-pulling halfway through.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference

You are easily scared at a little leg-pulling.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jack O' Judgment] Reference

'leg-pulling' contest, "commented Lady Fermanagh, darting a quick glance from one to the other, and deciding that Myra was probably evolving some mischievous joke.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bandit Love] Reference

Apart from leg-pulling,” said Alleyn.    From Wordnik.com.  [Killer Dolphin]

Now that I think about it, maybe this is another of those it’s-been-boring-around-here sock-puppett leg-pulling things.    From Wordnik.com.  [SMART Grant Update - The Panda's Thumb] Reference