Example sentences of "[noun] cut [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Slim tree trunks with the branches cut down to within a foot of the bole were placed against the battlements , and men began to climb up them . |
| 2 | At the end , the nobleman called them charlatans and beggars and told them that if they were his , he would have them all flogged and their noses cut off . |
| 3 | ‘ Knock Apparition Saved Father Cavanagh from Having Ears Cut Off ’ , the sensationalist headline proclaimed . |
| 4 | A year later Frederick I of Prussia ordered that in future deserters should have their nose and one of their ears cut off and be sent to hard labour for life , while after the Seven Years War a chain of military posts was set up on France 's frontiers to prevent the escape abroad of soldiers fleeing from their units . |
| 5 | In our comfortable holiday home the kids cut out and coloured a dynasty of paper people while we caught up on our videos . |
| 6 | There 's a stall selling chickens , all white and plucked with their heads cut off . |
| 7 | Rosa cut in with a squeal , ‘ No , do n't mention it to anyone . |
| 8 | If he can look that prospect squarely in the eye and both parties cut out the cheap jibes , they will see that they are talking the same language . |
| 9 | What the alternative to today 's degenerate and evil society is presents no immediate problem : women are once again hidden from sight , or married ones have their hair shorn ; thieves are once again punished by having hands or legs cut off ; alcohol , or whatever else is ritually prohibited , is banned ; and Koran , or Bible , or whatever constitutes the authoritative compendium or eternal wisdom , provides complete practical and moral guidance on all subjects , as interpreted by those whose business it is to do so . |
| 10 | A beggar , his face covered in sores , his legs cut off just beneath the knees , scampered about on wooden crutches . |
| 11 | And the meat is n't proper meat at all , it 's just dead animals cut up ! |
| 12 | People living near the crash scene paid no attention when they heard the engine of the aircraft cut out in mid-air . |
| 13 | ‘ I do n't know , ’ he shrieked , the screams cut off by Farrell 's free hand . |
| 14 | It said 60 anti-guerrilla units cut down the plants in the indigenous area of Aponte in El Tablon , more than 460km ( 312 miles ) southwest of Bogota , at the weekend . |
| 15 | The cutter is a roller comprising circular blades ; each blade has three notches cut out , dividing it into sections . |
| 16 | Peak power is delivered at 5750rpm , well into the ‘ warning zone ’ and only 750rpm short of the point where the rev-limiter cuts in . |
| 17 | On longer journeys , the gas turbine cuts in to take the strain off the batteries and to ensure they are charged up ready for when the car next drives into a city . |
| 18 | Noll cut down Charlie |
| 19 | Marcus opened his mouth , but before he could speak , Josh cut in quickly : ‘ I mean that , Father . |
| 20 | Josh cut in plaintively . |
| 21 | ‘ Oh , yes , ’ Ellen cut in smoothly , and without any disgust in her voice . |
| 22 | Lucy cut in , ‘ You 're forgetting that her husband looked upon it as her home and that he saw fit to make sure she had the right to live in it . |
| 23 | ‘ Such as the female of the species , ’ Lucy cut in , sending a significant glance towards Doreen . |
| 24 | ‘ Nothing of great value , ’ Elisa cut in , ‘ except a letter . ’ |
| 25 | The United States cut back on government spending and on financial support to its former allies , despite the fact that the allies were economically devastated and desperate for dollars both because of fiscal conservatism and the leftist nature of the new European governments . |
| 26 | On Oct. 1 the United States cut off economic and military aid , worth between US$564 million and $578 million in 1991 , following renewed fears that Pakistan had developed a nuclear weapon . |
| 27 | There is a kind of insularity at Lochranza cut off from the Corrie side by the great glens and hills of Sannox and on the other side by the long wild uninhabited coastal stretch to Catacol . |
| 28 | So I soon turned away , regretting only the loss of the shiny new tenpenny piece which I had inserted into the coin box to avoid any irritating boop-boop-boop cutting in to what I had stupidly hoped would be an uplifting and wholly encouraging conversation about my work and prospects . |
| 29 | To add to the confusion North had started dealing directly with the Iranians cutting out Ghorbanifar , who was threatening to sue the American government in the courts for breach of contract . |
| 30 | piece cutting off here , I cut , do them out on the outsides first and then I 'll go booooooooooo |