Example sentences of "cut [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | One day an elderly lady with a hearing aid came in and I was doing her hair , chatting away and making her laugh , and I cut right through the wire ! |
| 2 | The Polish Corridor , with its customs barriers , check-points and crossing places cut right across the Vistula trade complex . |
| 3 | They cut right across the basic philosophy of rugby football — that is , to go forward and make ground . |
| 4 | There are many problems which cut right across the artificial frontiers separating these subjects , particularly when attempts are made to interpret thought and feeling . |
| 5 | Cut halfway through the stem from top to bottom , then rinse well with cold , running water until no grit remains . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , it has taken more than just a pinch of the new S-class 's style with its first real attempt at a grille , cut down into the front bumper . |
| 7 | The enormous necropolis is adjacent and contains hundreds of tombs cut down into the tufa over a distance of two miles . |
| 8 | Cut down to the bone to avoid excessive wastage . |
| 9 | We cut down to the riverbank before we reached them and walked along the water 's edge out of sight of the buildings above . |
| 10 | In order to further speed and cheapen the process , inferior ingredients such as maize , rice , triticale , wheat flour and potato starch are used and helped on their way by chemicals that hasten fermentation , cut down on the yeast head in the vessels to allow more wort to be treated , and to give a lively fake head to the finished product . |
| 11 | Cut down on the feeding and forget the methylene blue and hopefully you will be successful with your fry next time . |
| 12 | Cut down on the use of heated appliances such as dryers and tongs if possible and ALWAYS use a protective product beforehand . |
| 13 | Avoid these in future , or , cut down on the seasoning . |
| 14 | If you include a Boss and Big Boss in your front rank this will reduce the number of vulnerable Goblins fighting and cut down on the number of casualties you suffer . |
| 15 | The reduction in the numbers visiting the gardens has allowed the grass to remain green and cut down on the amount of litter dropped and graffiti scribbled . |
| 16 | Some nectar-eating ants cut down on the time they spend searching for food by using their body clock to alert them to mealtimes . |
| 17 | The cure was slow ; she ate a little more each day , cut down on the aerobic treadmill and her periods returned . |
| 18 | They are particularly concerned that the poor , elderly and sick will be forced to run up debts or cut down on the amount of electricity , coal , oil and gas they use . |
| 19 | Voters narrowly rejected this scheme , which would have devolved responsibility to the communal level of authority , and cut down on the amount of incineration . |
| 20 | ‘ I made that mistake once , but you should widen your interests , cut down on the travel and delegate more , ’ she told him , her expression serious . |
| 21 | Consultants say most children with cancer have a good chance of recovery , but this new service , costing £750,000 a year , aims to improve treatment and research and cut down on the time spent on the ward . |
| 22 | Yeah okay yeah , cut down the entertainment that 's not , cut down on the clothes , we would n't buy so many expensive clothes I suppose . |
| 23 | After all the peel and pith have been removed , cut in between the membranes of each segment and separate them . |
| 24 | The first operation on the lathe is to mark the inside and outside diameters of the foot , then cut in to the correct depths , measured from the template , using a parting tool . |
| 25 | A good friend of mine , in the same set for physics and chemistry , grew so disturbed that he took some scissors and cut all round the stiff white collars , which we have to wear on Sundays , and made them into little points . " |
| 26 | If you mark your cutting line and zig-zag it and then cut just outside the zig-zag , or overlock the edges , it makes a perfectly firm and tidy edge . |
| 27 | Cut just under the leaf , where it joins the stem . |
| 28 | In Kingshams Field , the bank was apparently partly levelled or cut away by the mid third century at least , prior to the construction of a stone building with a courtyard to the south . |
| 29 | I cut effortlessly through the water with Ted and Callahan tagging along at my heels . |
| 30 | The simplest form of steps in a sloping site are those cut directly into the ground . |