Example sentences of "[vb past] cut [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sitting on the edge of the bed , Tug balanced the tray on his knees and began to cut up the first beefburger . |
| 2 | An absolutely new colour , amazing chestnut , rufous , burning , bleeding , where they had cut away the cork . |
| 3 | He remembered the release he had felt when he had first heard the teachings of Akhenaten , which had cut away the rotten trappings of the old beliefs , festooned as they were with the cynical speculation of the priests . |
| 4 | Fluttering rags revealed where Ace 's and Johannsen 's blaster fire had cut down the black-robed enemy personnel . |
| 5 | Titch had cut back the motor and was scanning the shoreline . |
| 6 | Many brought with them East German flags from which they had cut out the hammer and compass , the Communist symbol . |
| 7 | He had cut out the bits of his clothes that were stained and burnt them too , but there were still bloodstains all over the floor . |
| 8 | The climb was very tough , taking eight hours in all , and in places the guides had to cut away the plants to clear a route . |
| 9 | Top surgeons at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford had to cut away the chamber and attach the veins to the heart . |
| 10 | No , somehow I had to cut out the middle-men and middle-women . |
| 11 | He crossed from the left and when Freestone failed to cut out the ball Ryan pounced to crack in a shot . |