Example sentences of "[pron] carried [adv prt] a " in BNC.
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1 | BACK to 1979 , when I carried on a bit about superstitions about earwigs , the whole thing being started up by a film about a man driven off his trolley by one of the insects boring into his brain , shouts of ‘ rubbish ’ at the screen did no good . |
2 | When I carried out a survey of undergraduates and their use of books at Sheffield University I needed a sample of all undergraduates in the university during the academic year of the study.8 It was quite a revelation , talking to the Assistant Registrar in charge of records , to discover how difficult it was to define a ‘ student ’ for my purposes . |
3 | When I carried out a second interview with the DGM in 1989 , the district was still arguing the case with the RHA for the £2.1 million ( then uplifted to £2.5 million ) to be made available . |
4 | While writing this book I carried out a personal survey of the whole sky , using the binoculars which I have listed on page 16 . |
5 | The benefits of this route could be substantial : about half of the Currie High roll comes from the Baberton and Juniper Green area , and when I carried out a survey , among parents , of travel to the school from these areas last year , a substantial number of families were in favour of opening up this path . |
6 | Because the people of really did n't feel they 'd been consulted , I , I carried out a little survey of my own and got a very good response . |
7 | The formula is derived from the review of RAWP , which carried out a detailed statistical regression analysis using ward based hospital utilisation data from six regions . |
8 | In 1979 ECS obtained an injunction from the English High Court ( see pp. 82 — 4 ) and subsequently in 1982 , when the conduct complained of appeared to continue , ECS made a complaint to the Commission which carried out an on-the-spot investigation at Akzo 's premises in both the Netherlands and the UK . |
9 | After nine years of working with elderly people over 65 and coming across cases of physical abuse without a definition or context , she carried out a study between 1988 and 1989 . |
10 | NORTHOP Village , who carried off a league and cup double last season , are in danger of folding after losing their pitch . |
11 | The one who carried out a hold-up in Philadelphia — and , while waiting , sang ‘ We wish you a merry Christmas … |
12 | AN animal rights fanatic who carried out a bomb attack on a crowded McDonald 's was jailed for 15 months yesterday . |
13 | The van 's registration number , NIB 2228 , was radioed to police control who carried out a check . |
14 | A man who carried out a series of indiscriminate attacks on people he thought were students has been jailed for seven years . |
15 | Consultant paediatrician Dr Mark Reid , who carried out a report on the baby 's death , said he felt all the doctors involved had given consistent and correct advice . |
16 | Consultant pathologist Dr Stephen Dundas who carried out a post mortem said Mr Ryder had died as a result of overdosing on both tablets and alcohol . |
17 | A medical report read to yesterday 's inquest stated Mr Elderfield had been known to manipulate fits to obtain accommodation and pathologist Dr Richard Jones , who carried out a post mortem examination , told the coroner there was nothing to indicate he had suffered a fit prior to the incident . |
18 | THE Home Office is to consider deporting a man who carried out a series of cheque book deceptions around the country . |
19 | Detectives who carried out a raid at an exclusive house at Coatham Mundeville , near Darlington , have held talks with the Crown Prosecution Service which is now considering the content of a number of articles seized . |
20 | Pathologists who carried out a post-mortem examination on Mrs Henderson said she had developed a chest infection and died from complications due to her head injury . |
21 | Following the Antiques Road Show appearance , Mrs Cooper 's art work was studied by a WEA antiques class who carried out a research project on marquetery . |
22 | Dr Iain West , a Home Office pathologist who carried out a post-mortem on the discredited media tycoon , was yesterday quoted in The Daily Mirror , which Maxwell owned , as saying that Maxwell had almost certainly committed suicide . |
23 | We carried on a rather halting conversation and it came to me with a bump that my mind had been forced on to different tracks since I had left her . |
24 | When I was Chairman of the Crofters Commission we carried out a modest experiment in encouraging school children in crofting areas to improve the appearance of their villages . |
25 | Instead we carried out a cloudbreak procedure using the NDB to the south of the field , which nestles in between some quite high mountains . |
26 | We carried out a number of 50% water changes . |
27 | We carried out a survey to determine how buyers of conference facilities selected venues . |
28 | We carried out a survey to determine how Chester was perceived as a venue for conferences as compared with other towns in the North and Midlands . |
29 | Because we , we had this when , when we carried out a political fund ballot erm and we asked for time off for stewards to go and talk to members and we asked for time off for a seminar , for a one day seminar . |
30 | Besides this , we carried out a survey of males aged 10–35 , among the general population , living in areas where more than 10 per cent . |