Example sentences of "[noun pl] carried on [noun] " in BNC.

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1 But in a first hint that she may be prepared to modify her views , the Prime Minister will tell the President that , if the deployment of new short-range missiles in Germany becomes unrealistic , Britain is certainly prepared to consider the alternative of stand-off missiles carried on Tornados .
2 The Emperor rode on a finely bedecked mule led by six pages , and was concealed behind red curtains carried on poles .
3 Outflanking the Himalayas , this time on the western side , some ancestral tigers carried on north towards the shores of the Caspian Sea .
4 My parents had attended such feasts when thousands , entering in relays , gorged on raw meat , hacked in turn from the bleeding carcases of oxen carried on poles past rows of squatting men .
5 The Club 's day-to-day affairs and social events carried on side by side .
6 Commonly the whole church is barrel vaulted at one height throughout and these vaults have transverse arches carried on piers .
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