Example sentences of "cut [pers pn] off [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | In Tanzania the Asians suffered attrition in stages as the combined effects of the Arusha Declaration and the nationalization of both private houses and wholesale trade ‘ cut them off at the knees ’ as Nyerere expressed it . |
2 | Cut them off at the base with a razor blade or craft knife . |
3 | The mist cut them off from the rest of the field . |
4 | He was determined to get behind the Russians and cut them off from the east . |
5 | McLaren 's conviction that Branson wanted revenge , to find a way to seize control of the Pistols for good , ‘ and cut me off at the pass ’ , now became an obsession . |
6 | Another thing that cut me off from the other kids was going to the grammar school — and having to wear a bright green blazer every day . |