Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] cut off [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Later the woman 's benefit was cut off on the grounds that she and her lodger were living together as husband and wife , and he must therefore maintain her . |
| 2 | Irrigation was cut off by the authorities on Aug. 22 in the Andalucian Guadalquivir valley ( south-western Spain ) , and also in Castille-La Mancha at the beginning of October . |
| 3 | ‘ Get — ’ Ace was cut off by the jolt of the speeder coming to rest . |
| 4 | His left leg was cut off above the knee and he walked with a crutch under his left shoulder . |
| 5 | THIS NEWSPAPER PHOTO WAS CUT OFF UNDER THE CHIN FOR SECURITY REASONS , SO THAT THE BRASS PATHFINDER BROOCH WAS NOT SHOWN . |
| 6 | Catalonia was cut off from the rest of the Republic by then and slowly being strangled to death . |
| 7 | One version is that the route was cut off by the rising tide ; the Welsh swooped , and drove the English into the sea . |
| 8 | Each table was cut off from the next by screens of greenery ; even so , from where he sat he had a view of what was happening at other tables and on other levels . |