Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] cut through " in BNC.
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| 1 | With typical Roman arrogance towards complaints from the Anglo-Saxons , their roads cut through whatever got in their way ( B ) and make excellent navigation features . |
| 2 | A bicycle came into sight on the main road , and the rubber honk of its brakes cut through the air as the postman slowed and dismounted . |
| 3 | And now , her face straight , her lips seeming to quiver , she went into the song ; and so beautiful was her rendering of it , so touching the cadences , so tender with longing the words , that she seemed transformed before their eyes : she was no longer Lemon , good for a joke or a bit of ribbing , for her voice cut through the façade of brashness , of insensitivity and coarseness that seems to become necessary to men in war . |
| 4 | His laugh cut through her recriminations . |
| 5 | ‘ A steward had his head cut through being struck , it is believed , with a spanner , ’ the Times correspondent wrote , ‘ The chairman read the Public Meetings Act 1908 in the presence of a large number of police . |