Example sentences of "[vb past] cut [adv] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Britain finally became cut off from the Continent at the Straits of Dover around 6500 BC , although it may have been somewhat later between East Anglia and northern Europe via the Dogger Bank .
2 ‘ Oh , that — I , er — got cut up on the rocks canoeing , Matron .
3 Unfortunately he got cut off in the middle of a sentence . ’
4 There was little noise from outside the windows and we appeared cut off from the city and from civilian life in general ; I lay in bed and pulled the sheets up over my nose .
5 Bodie had cut up through the rows of parked cars , swinging up onto the half ramp , and pumping two shots into the van 's front tyre .
6 The rest of the wall was stained with damp and flaking brown paint ; the winters had cut deeply into the fabric of the old serail .
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