1.   After some thought, I was able to cut the rope near the stern with my pocket knife lashed to a paddle.

2.   Back in the saloon Trent cut the rope into four lengths and made one fast to each corner of the folded bedsheets.

3.   In other words it does not tell us whether he cut the rope above or below himself.

4.   Then they cut the ropes that tied me and I was able to get to my feet.

5.   The rope had been cut, so it was obvious that the lamb had been stolen.

6.   Travis freed her first, and after stretching cramped limbs she cut the rope about his wrists, then about both their ankles.

7.   Fortunately the people he was working with noticed and cut the rope before he choked.

8.   Cutting the rope would leave an injured whale to suffer.

9.   Cut rope in half.