Example sentences of "cut [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had ideas which cut through the mass of tradition and very dull detail which hung around materials work everywhere but unfortunately nobody took them very seriously . |
| 2 | Take your graft — the short-handled spade with the curved blade — cut through the surface layer , whether grass or whatever , and remove it intact as a circle some 18 inches ( 45 centimetres ) in diameter . |
| 3 | As soon as her mind registered what it had seen she jumped away from the car door , a scream issuing from her that cut through the night air . |
| 4 | I cut through the alley at the end of the Cours and wandered into the Café du Coin , the crucible of Reine les Falaises and once a place well known to Montaine . |
| 5 | His voice dropped lower , taking on a steely edge that cut through the air . |
| 6 | Low-voltage lights are a good idea as you wo n't get an electric shock from them , even if you cut through the cable when digging . |
| 7 | The village was lit by a swathe of sunlight which cut through the morning mist . |
| 8 | Directions for the great north-south coastal highway came up and suddenly we were on a dual carriageway that cut through the remains of a giant sand slide . |
| 9 | Jaq had learned all this during his training in the headquarters of the Inquisition , that labyrinth many contorted thousands of kilometres in extent which cut through the bed-rock deep beneath the massive concealing ice-cap of Earth 's south polar continent . |
| 10 | And I tell you another thing I noticed , I cut through the car park in the lane behind Shirley 's one day this week , I went through and and the back door of the old police station 's open . |
| 11 | ‘ We cut through the crap that exists in ski teaching . ’ |
| 12 | But in the end , the whole of side one and Revelation from side two of ‘ Talk To Your Daughter ’ were culled from demos which Robben cut for the record company . |
| 13 | Yes and during the winter holidays I cut er cut the articles and I now , I , you can see the articles I cut during the holidays . |
| 14 | The , did they have a piece and you cut off the bottom ? |
| 15 | The handsets , there are the cream handsets and the grey handsets , there are no differences that are worth noting as far as performance-wise , but the grey handset has , I do n't know if you 've noticed , a mute button , okay , so that you can have a conversation , and press the mute button , and you cut off the person at the other end . |
| 16 | In an extreme situation , we 've got something like an in situ situation so the interviewer will have much more power , and has the total rights to change the topic and choose the topic , and cut off the topic when it 's finished . |
| 17 | Cut above the rest ! |
| 18 | As I strolled down the next fairway and skirted a mass of heather which cut into the fairway on the angle of the dogleg , I wondered how my boss , Jack Mason , would fare in the tournament . |
| 19 | She looked down , smiling , then nudged her horse forward , following him , watching as he began to climb the steep path that cut into the overhang above , his horse straining to make the gradient . |
| 20 | Cut into the neck . |
| 21 | cut into the neck but it 's sort of brushed back |
| 22 | Of the three floors and the basement , Carson had all of the ground level and what had once been the garage on the side of the house , now a second bedroom which was reached by a slightly awkward twisting passage which cut under the stairway . |
| 23 | Then they cut up the middle of the front to make a cardigan . |
| 24 | Then they cut up the middle of the front to make a cardigan . |
| 25 | The first thing you do is announce half way through a year that they 're gon na put back some , but not all , of the money they cut from the budget . |
| 26 | The first thing you do is announce half way through a year that they 're gon na put back some , but not all , of the money they cut from the budget . |
| 27 | In fact I broadcast that material , but I cut it into three programmes , and I , I cut in the questions I would have asked if he 'd actually given me a chance to ask them . |
| 28 | The bottom line , Mr Resende says , will be a one-third cut in the $10 billion public debt , and no operating deficit for this year . |
| 29 | Both city 's having much to gain from a 2-thirds cut in the amount of exhaust emissions compared to conventional petrol or diesel driven vehicles . |
| 30 | He has cut public transport funding and cut in the number of people employed in the public transport service . |