Example sentences of "cut through the [noun sg] " 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 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ We cut through the crap that exists in ski teaching . ’ |
| 11 | The convoy cuts through the traffic with patent disregard for everyone and everything . |
| 12 | Jancey 's call cuts through the room and must have woken the folks upstairs . |
| 13 | Bill cuts through the line after grabbing at thin air and landing it in an arbitrary process . |
| 14 | The example a few hundred yards upstream cuts through the neck of an entrenched meander , but it is some 100 m ( 330 ft ) long so that considerable modification will have to take place before it becomes a true natural arch of the Ardèche type , if it ever does . |
| 15 | This radiation cuts through the dust in space that blocks off the light from distant objects and hides them from the gaze of optical telescopes . |
| 16 | He still works with great enthusiasm , his voice is still used to brilliant effect as he tells one of his marvellous stories , and his caustic wit cuts through the humbug and pretence of much of the art world . |
| 17 | The nylon line drops out of nowhere and cuts through the flesh of his upper arm like a cheese wire . |
| 18 | The Cohens were situated a little below the halfway mark , just below the grand boulevard that cuts through the neighbourhood . |
| 19 | His blazer studded with drawing pins in homage to Presley 's cloth of gold , he cut through the verbiage with a revolutionary cry for the times . |
| 20 | Dr Macdonald cut through the guilt with his paternalistic authority , more powerful in the hospital than her father 's , and insisted that she must stay where she was . |
| 21 | It cut through the air to snatch a coloured handkerchief held at arm 's length by a smiling showgirl . |
| 22 | The powerful voice of the Reiksguard cut through the babble . |
| 23 | Laing added a penalty nine minutes into the second period and then midway through McClusky cut through the defence for another try which Laing converted . |
| 24 | Bishop Farquhar said that it was a matter of history which part of that circle happened to be passing by as it cut through the life of the Edwards family . |
| 25 | The headlights of the Fiesta cut through the darkness . |
| 26 | Then behind him he heard the word , it cut through the fug of the bar , ‘ INSPECTOR ’ . |
| 27 | Davies , 33 , also cut through the shop 's telephone wire and kicked a taxi driver in the groin . |
| 28 | So then she cut through the dining room and into the lounge , where she found him sitting in front of the big Sony TV . |
| 29 | Using a scalpel , cut off the surplus Transpaseal , without cutting through the base acetate . |
| 30 | Cutting through the base of the Y with a sharp blade , together with the base material to which the colony is attached , is a recognised method of successful propagation of this species . |