Example sentences of "cut [adv prt] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 I knew what they had in mind , they knew my way of working , which cut down enormously on the number of meetings we needed to plan shows out .
2 Using a small hammer the needles were then tapped through these holes and then cut off flush with the exterior of the pipe .
3 A beggar , his face covered in sores , his legs cut off just beneath the knees , scampered about on wooden crutches .
4 IN my opinion the loveliest of all the dales , Dentdale is also the most secluded , cut off both by the hills which hem its stern and western ends and by the narrowness of the roads that lead in and out of it .
5 We cut off down through a sloping jumble of gritstone boulders , rabbits everywhere starting for cover , all thankfully too fast for Bill or Eddy .
6 I cut up back towards Hackney and Fly 's opticians , judging I could still make the Banker by three , though I wondered why I was worrying about leaving Werewolf waiting in a pub .
7 Now the soaring trunks had raised this source of food high in the sky , creating a dense canopy that cut out much of the light .
8 Cut out twice for each tie-back , adding 1cm allowance for the seam .
9 The best route , initially , is to cross the shallows on the left into the rack then go right over the shingle/boulder bank into the mini haystacks , thence into the pool , left at the next rack and cut back right between the rock and the boulder bank to avoid the tree roots .
10 Thereafter , prune when you see long growths taking the goodness out of the tree ; in late summer cut back all whippy shoots to 4in , then in February or March cut back again to two buds .
11 Added sugar was the prime cause and levels of tooth decay , which had fallen from bad to mediocre , could not fall further until people , and especially children , cut back more on sugar , he said .
12 Jobs at BR 's Eastern Region headquarters in York would be cut by more than a quarter as work was contracted out and staffing levels cut back together with train services .
13 With a pair of sharp scissors cut round just above the machine stitches .
14 The enormous ridged tomatoes were cored with a little sharp knife , cut round roughly into sections , thrown into a shallow bowl , mixed with thickly sliced raw onions , mild and very sweet .
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