Example sentences of "[pers pn] cut [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On mine , I cut a groove near the periphery of the board to collect used marbles . |
| 2 | I cut a path through the rushes which allows enough space for two rods , and room each side to wade to the water 's edge . |
| 3 | I cut a sheet up into 1cm squares and placed this in the bird cage . |
| 4 | And he adds , ‘ I cut a picture of her marriage from a newspaper and carried it with me all my life , through all my moves and all my travels . ’ |
| 5 | I cut a length of narrow stretch-lace to the size of the skirt waistband and joined it into a circle , then pinned the lining equally around one edge of the lace . |
| 6 | ‘ I cut a picture of a model in a swimsuit out of Vogue and posted it back to one man . |
| 7 | Times me , and hands over a quid when I cut a fraction of a second off my record — can you imagine ? |
| 8 | Note that it is also quite possible for the gestural usage to combine with the non-deictic anaphoric usage too : ( 41 ) I cut a finger : this one Here this one refers to whatever a finger refers to , but simultaneously must be accompanied by a presentation of the relevant finger . |
| 9 | Clamping one of these rulers to the board and keeping both rulers together , I cut the first groove , and then widen the groove by putting a shim between the rulers . |
| 10 | I cut the clothing away from the wound and shook a quantity of powder from the tin on to the wound , then on to the next one . |
| 11 | I cut the cheese with the Lappish knife I acquired last time out ; it has a 25-centimetre blade and can open cans , cut fire-wood and generally keep misery at bay . |
| 12 | I cut the crop quite green and dry it on a Tyrolean-type wire fence ( see p. 108 ) . |
| 13 | For years I cut the grass — and living on water , grass grows at a prodigious and unnatural rate — and while doing so spent hundreds of man hours considering how I might stop it growing . |
| 14 | We were all turning gently to port as I cut the corner and was slowly closing on the Hun . |
| 15 | Gradually , by walking slowly and shielding her from the wind as much as possible with my body , I cut the wings-open time to a minimum . |
| 16 | When I had made him as comfortable as I could — a relative term , since he was in pain with each new spasm — I cut the two blankets into strips , each one two feet or so wide . |
| 17 | I cut the engine again and let the boat drift towards the birds while my passengers admire the curious beaks . |
| 18 | I cut the string , and we hurried up to his room where the chest had stood since the day he came . |
| 19 | I knew if I cut the anchor rope at the wrong moment , the Hispaniola would make a sudden move out to sea , and my boat might be knocked out of the water . |
| 20 | I mean yesterday i cut the lawn . |
| 21 | ‘ Once I cut the neckline wrong on three hundred dresses and I thought at first I 'd just keep quiet and fill the gap with lace . |
| 22 | In the three sentences below , the SUBJECT is the TOPIC ( T ) in sentence 1 : " I cut the meat for mother " . |
| 23 | the BENEFACTOR is the TOPIC in sentence 2 : " It was for mother I cut the meat " . |
| 24 | And I cut the whole roads in three weeks time with a mower . |
| 25 | But when I cut the roads it was cut with a finger mower . |
| 26 | Before it could , I cut the cord and took it into the ante-room . |
| 27 | I cut the meat , yes . |
| 28 | Wait a minute we 've got to light th before we start everybody 's to sing and when I cut the cake , the pink bit is decoration so you do n't eat the pink bit but you eat all the rest of it , alright ? |
| 29 | Cos I cut the end and everything to thread in there , . |
| 30 | Right , so if I cut the top of this . |