Puzzled, she studied her finger, not understanding what was cutting it.
He'd lost three days already. Four was cutting it close.
That was cutting it close.
The principal road extends from the shafts southward; and on both sides of it the coal has been removed from the light-shaded area by cutting it back perpendicularly towards the boundaries, along faces about 50 yds.
In 1895 this percentage was reduced to about 84%, and the work of the schools is slowly cutting it down.
