1.   And knowing that, I wondered how much Ellie would ever cut loose of Michael.

2.   He cut himself loose from the constraints of family life.

3.   He had cut himself loose from the past and had good hopes of making a comfortable landfall.

4.   I felt like I had been cut loose.

5.   Perhaps I do have to cut loose.

6.   The stars floated free like buoys cut loose on a dark sea.

7.   They should be demanding that the settlers be cut loose.

8.   To cut it loose now could be to see it sink.

9.   Among those they cut loose were ace Jack McDowell, who faces the Royals tonight as a Yankee, and cleanup hitter Julio Franco.

10.   And now, it is time for him to cut loose from his enforced vacation and go to sea.