Example sentences of "[pers pn] carry the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And Gee ( 1975 : 311 ) argues that whereas in I helped them carry the load " I take part in the carrying " , this is not necessarily implied by the sentence with to , where " I need not actually have done any carrying " , as shown by : ( 16a ) I helped them to carry the load by having my secretary get them a cart . |
| 2 | Mummy wants me to carry the tray in . |
| 3 | At a White House press conference , Mr Bush said : ‘ I carry the fate of the hostages with me every single day . |
| 4 | I carry the video player around on motorcycle ! |
| 5 | I carry the milk , I wan na carry the milk |
| 6 | May I remind you that I carry the king 's warrant . |
| 7 | 'Cos I carry the beer on top of me neck |
| 8 | I could n't have you , but I carried the memory of that day into every battle , into every stupid , meaningless council , to every siege . |
| 9 | I carried the mess , in the dustpan , into the garden . |
| 10 | We docked ten minutes later , and Thessy and I carried the luggage out to the yard where the courtesy taxi shimmered in the heat . |
| 11 | I carried the coffee jug and filter and two cups back into the living-room and put them down on my coffee table , which sounds posh but in fact it doubles as a dining table , poker table and ironing-board . |
| 12 | And Gee ( 1975 : 311 ) argues that whereas in I helped them carry the load " I take part in the carrying " , this is not necessarily implied by the sentence with to , where " I need not actually have done any carrying " , as shown by : ( 16a ) I helped them to carry the load by having my secretary get them a cart . |
| 13 | ( 16b ) * I helped them carry the load by having my secretary get them a cart . |
| 14 | Making me carry the can . |
| 15 | Let me carry the case for you , anyway . ’ |
| 16 | Let me carry the sack . ’ |
| 17 | And if your old school pal would like you to carry the train , now is the time to make your excuses . |
| 18 | Could you carry the idea through on the headed notepaper ? |
| 19 | ‘ If Deveril changed her name , why did she carry the motto of her family with her ? ’ |
| 20 | To go with it , buy a metal hawk , a square of sheet metal with a handle attached to one side , on which you carry the plaster to the wall surface ; you can make one from plywood with a softwood handle if you prefer . |
| 21 | ‘ You 'll be very careful how you carry the basket , wo n't you ? ’ she said . |
| 22 | ‘ Give me the cocoa , William , and you carry the book . ’ |
| 23 | In them you carry the anger of Kraal and the cunning of Woil and the wisdom of Minch . |
| 24 | I mean I know th I know that you carry the sine on because |
| 25 | You carry the curve on round come back like that . |
| 26 | It 's fine if all year round you carry the bag of a genuine superstar , who might win £500,000 ; but a caddie who works for a golfer who is outside the top twenty in the Order of Merit will not exactly be reaching for the champagne every night . |
| 27 | ‘ If you carry the goose . |
| 28 | She carried the censer carefully over to the bed and placed it on the floor . |
| 29 | Have you ever seen such a fall as this ! ’ said Mrs Hollidaye as she carried the tea-tray through to the drawing-room . |
| 30 | Then she carried the basket to the washing line and unpegged the clothes rapidly , chucking them down in a windblown tangle ( Ella folded things as she took them out of the tumble drier . |