Example sentences of "cut [pers pn] down " in BNC.
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| 1 | Japan said that it intended to build up its military forces to a high level so that it could cut them down in the interests of peace . |
| 2 | And erm you get all these possibilities erm set out , and then you use your feeling judgement to er cut them down . |
| 3 | Yeah well on what people have said I I think that er there 's a possibility that er if Stuart and myself get together with the officers concerned that we if these trees are pruned and trimmed as they they 're saying they 're over overgrown at the moment surely that would cut them down in size and if they 're regular pruned every so many years they wo n't they wo n't be a nuisance I do n't think in future years . |
| 4 | split-second lights , will cut them down . |
| 5 | I 'll cut them down then Bev , ay ? |
| 6 | They say they will have the prisoners or they 'll cut you down . ’ |
| 7 | Or if you keep them , there are four hundred of us here and two thousand on their way , and we will cut you down to a man . ’ |
| 8 | Why did he cut you down ? |
| 9 | When the time came , he would cut him down to size . |
| 10 | A little later , he met the leaders of the Provisional IRA in Dublin and assured them that he would be delighted if he could cut it down to ten or eight years . |
| 11 | ‘ Today it is 40pc-plus and we must cut it down if we are to improve survival rates of colon , rectal , breast and other cancers as well as cardio-vascular disease . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ We can cut it down to three hours , perhaps two and a half . ’ |
| 13 | If you sent a great army against him , he 'd simply cut it down with his sorcery . |
| 14 | You ca n't just cut it down because it looks untidy ! ’ |
| 15 | I know it 's a bit dangerous but I would n't cut it down . |
| 16 | In Littlewoods Organisation Ltd v Harris Lord Denning MR said that by construing a restriction according to the object and intent rule the courts refuse to hold a covenant bad merely because of unskilful drafting and will cut it down so as to reveal its essential reasonableness . |
| 17 | If they have n't got it well He said if , I can always cut it down to size and that . |
| 18 | Yeah that would cut it down would n't it ? on their own you can say they 'd be able to afford it but if you consider the outgoings as well eighty pound a |
| 19 | Well I says Andy cut it down a bit like , even if you could cut , cut it down a bit for and I says he ca n't afford to give big housekeeping money and plus try and get a bus away to Kilkeel and take out , or take the wee girl out , what do you call her , Sonia . |