Example sentences of "carry [adv] [prep] the [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The vicar was carried back to the shore to partake of a well-earned drink . |
| 2 | Mobilisations , deployments and manoeuvres have been carried out over the years to discourage resistance to Communist takeover ( Czechoslovakia 1948 ) , to block undesired contacts with West Berlin ( 19 separate occasions , including two seizures of West Berlin territory ) , to apply pressure in negotiations ( Norway and the Barents Sea ) , and to mask intentions in crisis ( Czechoslovakia 1968 and Poland 1981 ) . |
| 3 | The term ‘ stock-taking ’ refers to a physical check carried out on the bookstock to ensure that the library still actually has all of the items listed in its catalogue or shelf register . |
| 4 | A special study has been carried out on the need to balance environmental improvements with potential disruption of essential traffic . |
| 5 | A special study has been carried out on the need to balance environmental improvements with potential disruption of essential traffic . |
| 6 | Because one of the by products of peat is methane , careful monitoring had to be carried out throughout the operation to ensure that there was no gas build up or migration . |
| 7 | Introductory note : This questionnaire forms part of a survey which is being carried out by the NCLE to establish the extent of current provision for language education in the training , both pre- and in-service , of all teachers . |
| 8 | Two years ago we reported on the seismic survey work being carried out in the Solent to determine if oil drilling there would be profitable . |
| 9 | Or the little portable sundials which shepherds used to carry up into the mountains to tell the time by ; or , a last reassuringly bucolic reminder that Bayonne 's fighting days are over , an English bayonet from the Napoleonic wars converted for stripping corn-cobs . |