Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] carried the " in BNC.

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1 And it would be sad if Clough , who has always carried the standard for fine football , went out of the game a beaten man .
2 Jo Durie , who has again carried the ladies game , made her own thoughts very clear and at this rate it could be some years until she is beaten regularly by a British girl .
3 Manolo had always known there were men in suits behind the Surf Nazis , but he 'd never carried the vendetta to them .
4 The only change affecting the Croydon area was the Greyhound — Thornton Heath route , which had lately carried the number 2 .
5 Neither of them had ever carried the sensual side to excess .
6 However , entries for the American Express Gold Card Handicap Hurdle , the staying race which had previously carried the Coral name , have slumped to 39 from 108 .
7 They have both carried the burden of bearing the brunt for Britain in international competition for the last decade and more .
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