Example sentences of "of [noun sg] carried [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since tusks continue to grow throughout an elephant 's life , the amount of ivory carried by the herds will also increase . |
| 2 | The note of anger carried to the groups and couples passing by , provoking amusement and raised eyebrows . |
| 3 | Although providing a degree of flexibility to cope with ground settlement , this type of joint tended to leak and a cement filling was added to it with the whole pipe laid on a bed of concrete carried up the sides . |
| 4 | It was later found that Mr McCubbin died , not from the shots , but from a tiny piece of wire carried by the pellets , which fatally punctured his lung . |
| 5 | The amount of energy carried by the electrons is thought to be spread smoothly across a spectrum . |