Example sentences of "[verb] carrying [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gummer having been summarily dismissed , a lugubrious George Gardiner tapped on the door and entered carrying a large parcel , marked ‘ urgent ’ , upon which Lady Thatcher fell with cries of pleasure . |
| 2 | Finn dashed through the work-room and out of the door , returning carrying an elaborate gilded throne made of cardboard . |
| 3 | Aside from the fact that I 'm not normally given to physical violence , I 'm quite well known locally , and I did n't particularly want to be seen carrying a half-naked woman ashore — which is what you threatened me with . |
| 4 | The answer ( of course ) was Billy Ayre , now Blackpool 's manager , and Jimmy Goodfellow last seen carrying a magic sponge at Cardiff City . |
| 5 | Nobody had been seen carrying the two large and heavy books out . |
| 6 | Briefly , two ES clones were produced carrying a genomic deletion of 15 kilobases ( kb ) that encompasses the TCR- β locus from D β1.3 to downstream of C β2 . |
| 7 | Personally I do n't mind carrying a large Stanage-size guide around , particularly if it means paying less . |
| 8 | Doone pondered , made up his mind , went out to his car and returned carrying a five-foot plank which he laid across the kitchen table . |
| 9 | She had just finished combing her hair when the housekeeper returned carrying a lightweight metal crutch , and began diffidently , ‘ Signorina , I thought perhaps … ’ |
| 10 | For example , babies born carrying a particular extra chromosome are mongols , individuals with well-recognized facial characteristics , lowered intelligence , and an affectionate disposition . |
| 11 | Now and again a heron will fail to survive the rigours of winter , and occasionally dead birds have been found carrying a numbered metal ring on their leg . |
| 12 | SINGER Harry Connick Jr faces up to a year in jail after being found carrying an unlicensed gun as he tried to board a plane . |
| 13 | In fact , as I recall , I was up on the step-ladder dusting the portrait of Viscount Wetherby when my employer had entered carrying a few volumes which he presumably wished returned to the shelves . |
| 14 | She had been on the verge of hysteria then ; add to that a day of travelling , with him pushing Chalon as fast as the horse could go carrying a double weight , plus the previous day 's tensions , and it was a wonder she had n't given in to it . |
| 15 | His earlier good spirits fading , Robert followed Dr Ali through to the back lawn , as , from a side entrance to the school , the headmaster emerged carrying a large white box . |
| 16 | But then she had heard that soft , unmistakable ‘ pop ’ from the tiny kitchen and her host had re-entered carrying a chilled bottle which the trace of vapour trailing from its neck proclaimed to be the real thing . |
| 17 | For each match , a new active word edge is created carrying the phonemic symbol just matched , and a pointer to the node in the tree which follows that phoneme branch , indicating the set of phonemes which are expected to follow such a beginning . |
| 18 | The pups slithered out onto the weedy boulders , not forty feet from the cottage window , and waited expectantly until she reappeared carrying a sizeable fish , which the two of them ate together , wrestling over it among the sea-tangle . |
| 19 | This depends on what you want the printer for ; I ca n't imagine carrying a battery-powered LaserJet 4 onto a plane or train , for instance . |