Example sentences of "was carry [adv prt] [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 The House of Commons did not itself govern , but government was carried on within the confines of its guidance and approval .
2 I think it would be true to say that my two brothers and sister and I were products of the Anglican parochial system , at a time when almost all charitable work was carried on by the churches .
3 It thus seemed as if there was a significant dispute between the Realist and Behaviouralist camps , and for much of the 1950s and 1960s this dispute was carried on in the pages of the professional journals .
4 The ministry , it declared , had been for over a generation " merely the faithful executor of the intentions " of Alexander I and Nicholas I , so that " its every action was carried out under the orders and instructions of the tsars themselves " .
5 It was carried out on the orders of Salim Al-Makesh to give himself time to flee the terrorist base before Delta destroyed it . ’
6 The Park is an important recreational resource for both the people of Edinburgh and visitors to the city , and a survey was carried out of the types of use made of the Park , the perceptions of users and the impact such users have on the site .
7 A series of tests was carried out among the prostitutes who came voluntarily to venereal-disease clinics in late 1989 .
8 At the Apollo 17 site an experiment was carried out by the astronauts which gave the seismic wave speeds down to a few kilometres depth in the vicinity of the site .
9 He in his turn was carried in by the men .
10 At its meeting on 30 October 1990 , the board received a report from Ian Wells , a senior enforcement officer , on the progress of an investigation he was carrying on into the affairs and business of the Winchester Group , an appointed representative of Norwich Union .
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