Use the cut function, hold shift to edit which entities are selected, and then click the check mark to create the new paste blueprint.
Because I can use shift to edit what will be cut, I figured it would edit and apply the cut function to mark just those items for removal.
https://youtu.be/rrMftkITJWc
[0.17.33] Cut+shift not marking entities for removal
Re: [0.17.33] Cut+shift not marking entities for removal
Making this work really precisely would require some non-trivial additional coding, so lets say that this feature is not officially supported.