Example sentences of "cut [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We cut through Managers Street into Coldharbour — a narrow street , hard on the riverside , one of those enclosed lanes you find around docks . |
| 2 | The road wound gradually upwards towards the Downs — only the English could call uplands downs — until I was clear of the motorways which cut through Kent like the prongs of a carving fork stabbing at France . |
| 3 | Elvis 's huge ballad repertoire needs little commentary here , save to stress that it began not with the move to RCA but at Sun , ‘ Love Me Tender ’ ( 1956 ) and ‘ That 's When Your Heartaches Begin' ( 1957 ) being preceded by equally sentimental ballads cut for Sam Phillips ; indeed , it began earlier — when , as a boy , Elvis was entered for a talent contest at the Mississippi-Alabama Fair , it was the sentimental country and western number ‘ Old Shep ’ that he sang . |
| 4 | The small ‘ underwood ’ trees ( or coppice ) are chopped back to stumps , producing shoots cut for sticks and brushwood . |
| 5 | the OBJECT is the TOPIC in sentence 3 : " The meat is what I cut for mother " . |
| 6 | CUT FOR CUT |
| 7 | Their coastguards used fairly brutal methods to discourage it : after intercepting one ship they cut off Captain Jenkin 's ear — upon which , he later told a committee of the House of Commons , ‘ he committed his soul to his God and his cause to his country . ’ |
| 8 | And they er adopted a scheme last year when they cut off part of the high street from traffic . |
| 9 | Cut into strips 10cm x 4cm . |
| 10 | 4 Cut into 1cm/½in thick slices and place on a baking sheet . |
| 11 | Cut into rounds . |
| 12 | Cut into dream |
| 13 | And then it was boiled and boiled that it was er tender and that and then it was taken out and cut into bits and this is what a potted head And then it was That was done and then er Where the water what was boiled there was often fat but that was all skimmed off , and er next day there was as much water in the And er meat from the head was put in and pepper and salt and that , and then it was boiled again and then put into little dishes and that was your potted head . |
| 14 | Cut into sections for easy eating . |
| 15 | Cut into heart shapes using a sharp knife and place onto a non stick baking sheet and prick well . |
| 16 | Cut into lengths a little longer than the finished size then glue together . |
| 17 | Cut into lengths — |
| 18 | Cut into 2.5cm ( 1″ ) lengths . |
| 19 | Cut into florets , boil in salted water until tender and toss with a little hazelnut oil and chopped toasted hazelnuts . |
| 20 | Cut into 5cm ( 2 ’ ) pieces and bake for 20mins . |
| 21 | Cut into 5cm ( 2in ) rounds , placed on a greased baking tray and bake in the oven at Gas Mark 7 , 425°F , 220°C , for 20 minutes or until nicely browned . |
| 22 | Cut into squares . |
| 23 | Cut into 5mm ( ¼inch ) thick slices . |
| 24 | Cut into segments and add to the melon . |
| 25 | Cut into 4.5in ( 11.5cm ) squares . |
| 26 | Cut into quarters , then peel away the rind . |
| 27 | Skin and quarter the tomatoes , squeeze out the seeds and remove the core ; cut into quarters again if the tomatoes are large . |
| 28 | Cut with pinking shears . |
| 29 | 5 Cut with comfort using these light and efficient cordless grass shears from Bosch at £40 |
| 30 | cut in defence expenditure in real terms by the end of the decade . |