Example sentences of "carrying [pers pn] [adv] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | At one end we should have the ancient Palace of Westminster bringing down our historical associations from the times of the early Saxon kings , and at the other we should have the Palace of Whitehall carrying them on to the revolution … |
2 | For a brief moment later , he had picked her bodily up in his arms , and , as if she weighed less than nothing , was carrying her over to the bed . |
3 | He caught her up in his arms , carrying her through to the bedroom , disrobing her with eager , predatory fingers until she stood naked except for the glint of gold at her throat . |
4 | But Rohan 's arm was like a steel band round her waist , half lifting her from her feet , and carrying her inexorably to the door . |
5 | She drew the pan of milk off the fire and carrying it over to the table , quickly poured it into a pint pot into which she had already spooned a generous measure of treacle . |
6 | He smiled sadly , then went across and took up the basin , carrying it across to the door . |