Example sentences of "was [adv] cut [adv prt] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Divided up into three groupings , the A , B , and C special constabularies , according to diminishing power , responsibility , and time commitment , the force was soon cut down to class B only and these came to be known as the ‘ B Specials ’ , a thoroughly armed , militant , semi-private , and sectarian army .
2 She was not cut out for subterfuge .
3 She was more cut out for television . ’
4 Lenin 's attitude , in so far as it is discernible , will be looked at in a moment , but by this time he was more cut off through illness from daily supervision of affairs .
5 ‘ But by the sound of what she has just said her mother was n't cut out for work , not the kind you 'll find in this quarter , except her last job .
6 ‘ I guess I was never cut out for exam situations .
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