Example sentences of "carried [pron] [adv prt] to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But her emotions had burnt themselves out , and all she felt as she picked up the cards and carried them through to the kitchen was a dull emptiness , as if the pain she was n't feeling had left a gap . |
| 2 | She carried them on to the terrace in front of the house , and sat down , intending to read one of the paperback books she 'd brought with her until the light faded . |
| 3 | It took them most of the day and , in the evening , they picked up their basketloads of red meat and carried them back to the security and acceptance of their own Untouchable community at the far end of the village . |
| 4 | The flowers that I had still been clutching when they carried me back to the house had been prised from my fingers and left in a plastic bag on top of the fridge . |
| 5 | The sea carried me out to the Hispaniola . |
| 6 | And then , with a kind of war whoop , he picked me up under the armpits and carried me out to the choir waiting outside . |
| 7 | Stevens 's superior speed and technique combined with superb fighting spirit carried him through to the final . |
| 8 | Stevens 's superior speed and technique combined with superb fighting spirit carried him through to the final . |
| 9 | Using the rock and the darkness as cover , she watched him as he broke into motion and that powerful stroke carried him out to the rocks and back . |
| 10 | The next February he awakened his bride from her melancholy sleep and carried her over to the window , where , on looking out , she saw the landscape covered in white . |
| 11 | He carried her over to the bench , kicked the dustbin-liner away and set her down gently . |
| 12 | Then his hands came around her and gently he lifted her and carried her back to the bed . |
| 13 | The whooping and laughing boys carried her back to the village , her head dangling down from a branch slotted between her feet . |
| 14 | He got up , lifted her and carried her back to the bedroom despite her threats to do him a fatal injury if he did n't stop carting her about like a sack of old cabbages . |
| 15 | The buzzard flew to the king 's palace , waited , perching in an oak tree , until the princess came out for her evening stroll , and then picked her up and carried her back to the forest , holding her as carefully as if she were made of rose petals . |
| 16 | And the buzzard , who had been waiting hidden in the branches of- an oak tree , swooped down , picked her up as carefully as if she were made of rose petals , and carried her back to the forest . |
| 17 | Curtius took his drink and carried it over to the corner . |
| 18 | Come ! ’ and , scooping up the dress , carried it through to the winter drawing room . |
| 19 | Taking the third mug of coffee from the tray , he carried it through to the bedroom . |
| 20 | She put the sheet of paper in an envelope , addressed it clearly , added the word ‘ Urgent ’ and carried it down to the office , where she left it for collection and received instead the original and the photostats of her article . |
| 21 | It was already half full with stagnant rain water , so Mildred filled it to the brim , then carried it back to the yard window-sill , collecting her broomstick on the way . |
| 22 | When it had been cut and bound into sheaves , Kalchu carried it back to the village and laid it out on racks inside the house until it was dry enough to thresh . |
| 23 | Then , carefully shielding the flame with his cupped hand , he carried it back to the village . |
| 24 | He watched the ex-soldier till he was gone , then walked over to his saddle and carried it out to the coach . |
| 25 | A a great big thing about that length maybe and you cut the hay in great swa After that and then you see you carried it out to the sheep . |
| 26 | Picking up the tray , she carried it out to the kitchen and put the kettle on the small bottled-gas stove that stood beside the huge , cold , black range . |