Example sentences of "carry [pron] [adv prt] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The state of mind of day-dream escapers was not simple and they both believed in their plans and knew quite well that they would never carry them out at the same time .
2 He should then carry you on with the next question .
3 ‘ Do n't start that nonsense again or they 'll carry you off to the funny farm , ’ Otley said wearily .
4 If she could not get out the train would carry her on to the next station , to London Bridge , it would carry her on under the river .
5 Just ask the porter would you help me carry it over to the next platform .
6 ‘ And I 'll carry it on to the bitter end if that 's what it takes ! ’
7 I 'm here for one reason — to do a job , and I mean to carry it through to the best of my ability , with or without your approval .
8 It was often her task to carry it up to the little sitting-room , followed by Mary from the village , who came in as a daily maid , bearing a silver jug of hot water and matches to light all the lamps .
9 Though I may fail to carry it out to the full in this life , my faith in it shall abide . ’
10 It is essential that both the person authorising the research , and the individual or agency carrying it out , are in agreement about the objectives of the exercise and the approach to be taken to carry it out within the requisite cost constraints .
11 Erm what , what we do today is to way go back over some of the ideas about land reform and then carry them through to the ninety fifty er Agrarian Reform Bill .
12 I did n't want to have to keep carrying her back to the same perch for the rest of her life , although she did occasionally fly to the perch herself , she was so used to it .
13 Swing , he screamed at himself as his arms crashed into the pine , not holding , but the weight of his body already carrying him on in the next arc of his trajectory .
14 Then Chola helped her carry it through to the inner room where the family sleeps for warmth in winter .
15 You carry it out into the white , shimmering light .
16 And then , as the escalator carried him up into the main concourse of the station , they 'd have seen the spark returning almost like the glow of a neon tube being borne up into a powerful field of energy .
17 He carried him over to the great oak chair and stood him on it .
18 Two medics arrived and carried him off to the First Aid Post .
19 How could they , she thought in sudden sentiment , and the anger carried her on to the next street .
20 Shelley , already on her feet , carried her up to the medical centre with Carlos 's help .
21 Her carried her up to the solar and delivered her over to the care of his sister and Ellen , leaving her with a look in his blue eyes that clearly said later .
22 Even as he carried her out of the lighted kitchen his lips continued to caress her and she was not in any way close to recovering as he placed her on her feet in her own room .
23 Personally , I will never forget the sight of Yannick Noah , the French Davis Cup captain , leaping almost four feet off the ground to acclaim the first and the seemingly impossible French victory in the Davis Cup since the ‘ Three Musketeers ’ carried it off in the thirties .
24 She unhooked the chair , dusted it off and carried it back to the front lawn .
25 Matilda , more bemused than ever now , took the bucket and carried it out into the back garden .
26 That 's how they carried it out in the old days , in every quarry .
27 But the new Act requires the keeping of expensive records — from the time of the first gift of over £1,000 till death carries one off to the happier place , where neither thieves nor the tax-gatherers break through and steal .
28 The book traces his family history leading up to that midnight stroke and carries it through to the dark period of Mrs Gandhi 's emergency .
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