Example sentences of "be [adv] cut [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 's been terribly cut up about her brother . |
| 2 | Jack 's been so cut up about poor Charlie . |
| 3 | Losing Out has argued that , since 1979 , a minority of the population has been progressively cut off from other people on low income , let alone those on average or high incomes . |
| 4 | But these larger firms are already cutting down on the size of their student intake and , if the trend continues , will end up — as Grant Thornton has already done — recruiting and training only staff who are expected to make a career with the firm after qualifying . |
| 5 | Many of us are already cutting down on red meat , partly for health reasons but also because of , as Audrey Eyton explains ( see p.56 ) , the growing awareness that animals being farmed intensively are neither happy nor tasty . |
| 6 | All your enthusiasm vanishes ; not only have you not been able to ‘ do ’ it , but you are now convinced you are not cut out for mathematics teaching at all and none of your pupils could produce anything like that . |
| 7 | It has also helped write rules for community cable access and worked to ensure that the poor are not cut off from the benefits of new telephone technologies . |
| 8 | Have you decided you 're not cut out for a permanent relationship ? |
| 9 | The shoots are always cut off near the ground . |
| 10 | Hedging plants are usually cut back to half their height after planting to encourage bushiness , but some conifers are best left unpruned until they reach the desired height . |
| 11 | American publishers are noticeably cutting back on expensive art books with numerous colour illustrations . |
| 12 | When our unforgiveness cuts us off from our brother we are automatically cut off from God . |
| 13 | Ride are just going from strength to strength — one of the bands that are really cutting through at the moment . |
| 14 | Many employers are now cutting back on company cars . |
| 15 | In fact , that is allied to their one main fault : they are rather tender , do n't like exposed positions and can be badly cut about by cold winds . |
| 16 | If Balbinder was bussed to Cedars every day she would be effectively cut off from any real involvement in her children 's schooling , and from an important part of her own role within the community as the mother of a young child at the local school . |
| 17 | You know , I suspect I 'm not cut out for brothels . |
| 18 | Ee , I 'm not cut out to be a tragedy queen , ’ said Hilda . |
| 19 | ‘ I thought Jamie would be more cut up about Hugh Puddephat , ’ Edward said idly . |
| 20 | And besides , ’ she added with a touch of spite , ‘ I do n't think I 'm really cut out to be a member of your harem . ’ |
| 21 | Drawing attention to paid visits back to the home country may help to reassure the family that they will not be completely cut off from relatives and friends . |
| 22 | As far as we knew , Frank had never been claimed and , having been quite cut off in Lebanon for a number of years before his kidnap , had less ‘ publicity ’ value than the other Yanks . |
| 23 | There were sometimes they , they came , if they 'd been in action and er , the people had actually found blood and parts of the uniforms in the air gunner 's compartment at the back , and the , the fella , the navigator u and bomb aimer used to be in the nose , they had n't got much of a chance if they came down in there because they were right cut off from the rest of the aircraft so , but it was virtually a suicide position in the nose of the Bostons . |
| 24 | It was decided to press ahead with Saturday 's show despite access to the main field being badly cut up by exhibitors ' vehicles having to be tractor- towed into position . |
| 25 | They wept on their last day of work : ‘ I felt terrible ’ ; ‘ it seemed as though you were suddenly cut off from life . ’ |
| 26 | Heavy-eyed , yawning and bewildered men appeared in doorways , and were promptly cut down by the attackers . |
| 27 | Its attraction for visitors is enhanced by being temporarily cut off from the mainland by the tides . |
| 28 | By the nineteenth century , middle- and upper-class women were increasingly cut off from the world of production , while some working-class women regained a limited role in production outside the home . |
| 29 | His thoughts were abruptly cut off by a blinding flash of pain . |
| 30 | He 's badly cut up from the broken glass but he 's more or less in one piece . ’ |