Example sentences of "[was/were] cut off [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Occasionally they were cut off for other reasons . |
| 2 | Worst hit were the Devon seaside towns of Sidmouth and Exmouth , which were cut off for several hours on Wednesday . |
| 3 | Thousands of homes and businesses were cut off by two fires at exchanges in Liverpool and Sheffield last month depriving them of all telephone services , including emergency 999 calls . |
| 4 | The Wiltshire villages of Lacock and Staverton were cut off by impassable country lanes . |
| 5 | Japanese nationals were cut off from personal contacts with Europeans and the import of foreign artefacts , books and anything which might convey Western knowledge was banned . |
| 6 | The western sectors of Berlin ( entirely surrounded by the Soviet core ) were cut off from all access by land to the West , as the Soviets tried to force concessions from the Western powers on the future shape of Germany . |
| 7 | Of the gentry , only the Catholics who were cut off from public office and subjected to heavy fines retreated entirely into their localities and found difficulty in profiting as much as the others , yet their authority as squires remained largely untouched . |
| 8 | His eyes were cut off from any outside flow , angry , as if two parts of his mind were fighting . |
| 9 | Her little shriek was cut off with unerring accuracy by the simple expedient of covering her mouth with his , and she gave up her struggles and surrendered , her foolish heart only too grateful for the crumbs he offered . |
| 10 | In 1954 , he was cut off from all classified material because of earlier association with Communists — who included his own brother . |
| 11 | But now , fallen from her cabin , she was cut off from all understanding , and had no strength to kick against the darkness that had come down around her . |
| 12 | Now that Aurelia Road depôt was cut off from live tram track , it was cleared of the cars being scrapped there and closed on 22 November . |
| 13 | " Thus before 1859 Gladstone was cut off from wide popularity among the Parliamentary class by stiffness and political isolation … " |
| 14 | His pleading was cut off by another painful jab of the gun muzzle and by the snarling , thick voice from behind him . |
| 15 | ‘ I saw you lasht night an' … ’ he began to sing a romantic song from our courting days , but was cut off in mid warble as he tripped over my hiking boots and crashed into the wardrobe head first . |
| 16 | 77 percent of it was cut off in 1922 and called Trans-Jordan ; the remaining section was partitioned by the United Nations in 1947 . |