31.   Her exasperation cut him short.

32.   He stiffened angrily and was about to speak when she cut him short.

33.   His words were cut short by a blinding flash in his head.

34.   He moved quickly to cut short any illusions that they might have about possessing an independent authority or having de Gaulle in their debt.

35.   Her black hair suited her elfin face, cut short.

36.   She was a heavily-built woman with grey hair cut quite short, and she wore rimless spectacles.

37.   The tentative protest was cut short as she was abruptly flattened along the sofa, pinned mercilessly beneath him.

38.   Becuase five people had their lives cut short by his appalling driving.

39.   Their trip to Disney World in Florida was cut short after a terrifying ordeal when they were faced with a gang, brandishing a sawn-off shotgun.

40.   He decided to stay on and take a PHD, but his work was cut short by the onset of mental illness.