Example sentences of "cut [adv prt] by the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the plaster dust settled , dazed guards emerged from the interior of the palace , only to be cut down by the machete-wielding cacos who had brought their knowledge of the palace to the rebels . |
| 2 | On the latter subject , the author points to the inconsistent decisions on whether the effect of unambiguous operative provisions can be cut down by the long title and he seems to incline to the view that they can be so affected ; this , perhaps , does not give sufficient weight to what was said about the effect of the preamble in Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover . |
| 3 | One version is that the route was cut off by the rising tide ; the Welsh swooped , and drove the English into the sea . |
| 4 | Although John Wright had been due to send Hanns a letter about the technical requirements , it was actually the choreographer who wrote again in late September , suggesting simplification to avoid distracting the eye and adding ‘ You must design several feet around the back cloth , otherwise what you have designed will be cut off by the back legs and flies ’ . |
| 5 | She turned , arms flailing , head back , eyes open — but the gaping mouth would utter no more prophecies , her breath cut off by the red garrotte cord round her scrawny neck . |
| 6 | When , at the end of the Second World War , France was liberated , those who had collaborated excessively with the Germans often had their hair cut off by the French Resistance . |