Sentence examples for knife up from inspiring English sources

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"He never had no knife up to me," she said.

He kept the knife steady by placing the fingers of his left hand on top, guiding the knife up and down in a semicircle across the cutting board as if it were the hand of a clock.

Spoon the batter into the tin, smooth the top with a spatula, spoon over the tahini, then run a table knife up and down the surface a few times to swirl the tahini into the batter a little.

For yet more sensation, how about a murder in Treasure Island itself, when Long John Silver breaks a man's back with his crutch and then "next moment … had twice buried his knife up to the hilt in that defenceless body"?

Make a horizontal cut on the thicker edge of the meat, then maneuver your knife up and down the length of the breast, toward the opposite side, keeping the opening as small as you can while making the pocket run almost the entire length of the breast.

Police said: "Abdullah shouted 'I'm going to kill you' before raising the knife up and thrusting it down, puncturing her skin above the collar bone". He was caught by police on neighbouring Broadoak Road after passers-by chased him.

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Previous to this, his estranged missus and young son had been knifed up, down and sideways.

At the crash scene, police officers knives up to crew members inside the burning wreckage so they could cut away passengers' seat belts.

Utility knives up to four inches were permitted at the time by the Federal Aviation Administration FAAas as carry-on items.

When participants throw their gorkha knives up in the air, it means the time has come.

When participants throw up their gorkha knives up in the air, it means the time has come.

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