Example sentences of "[was/were] carry [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their festivals were to be a commemoration of God 's acts and even some of their clothes were to carry a reminder : ‘ Into this tassel you shall work a violet thread , and whenever you see this in the tassel , you shall remember all the Lord 's commands and obey them . ’ |
| 2 | Six of the Whitleys were to carry the men — thirty five paratroops of No. 2 Commando — and the other two to bomb Foggia to create a diversion . |
| 3 | From well ordered stores were carried a selection of papers neatly cut and precisely positioned , alongside such items as pens , pins and paint rags . |
| 4 | These vehicles were supported by steel underframes , mounted on six-wheeled bogies ; from the underframe between the bogies were carried the brake gear and the accumulators for lighting the saloons . |
| 5 | As a large black cloud covered the moon , a group of men jumped including two Red Cross orderlies who were carrying a stretcher over the top and ran towards them . |
| 6 | If I were carrying a baby , do n't you think it would be my first priority ! ’ |
| 7 | The first goal was definitely the killer , because after that it felt like we were carrying a one-ton weight up a down escalator . |
| 8 | Latowa and the unknown ‘ Charlie ’ who died with him , were carrying a bomb designed for Colonel Lin Foh . ’ |
| 9 | A junior Defence Minister attempted to explain that a bomb might easily be planted in a barracks : ‘ Anyone could walk in as long as they were carrying a package which did not look suspicious . ’ |
| 10 | Mike the Rhodesian and I were on ‘ corvée ’ duties one afternoon and were carrying the dustbins out to the shed behind the cookhouse where all the rubbish was deposited , which was home to a lot of stray cats and some aggressive rats . |
| 11 | Then you 'll hear from the second of officers namely the officers that went into the flat that were carrying the guns , carrying and who conducted the operation and from their evidence you 'll be able to judge whether or not the force used was reasonable and was necessary . |
| 12 | They were carrying the man with the broken leg . |
| 13 | ‘ I just wanted to know if you were carrying the case , that 's all . ’ |
| 14 | They would not touch for fear — for abject terror that their former friends were carrying the seeds of death . |
| 15 | Pupils are encouraged to consider how they might feel if they were carrying the virus and how they might care for people with HIV/AIDS , especially those with unfamiliar lifestyles . |
| 16 | Within one hour there was activity at this base as the gun carriage that was to carry the King 's body was held at this unit . |
| 17 | Atlantis was to carry the Galileo space probe on the first leg of a six-year voyage to Jupiter this afternoon . |
| 18 | The damage to internal party , and party/union , relations was carried a stage further with the abortive ‘ In Place of Strife ’ proposals of 1968/9 . |
| 19 | The principle of equal treatment was carried a stage further when the Second Company Law Directive was implemented by the Companies Act 1980 . |
| 20 | When she returned to the bedroom she was carrying a flannel . |
| 21 | The lady was carrying a wicker basket measuring 2ft by 1ft ; it was white and to Mrs Wishart it was typical of the lady 's attire . |
| 22 | He was carrying a parcel . |
| 23 | He was carrying a butterfly net , and a box for putting butterflies in . |
| 24 | Wullie Robertson , who was bleeding at the nose , was carrying a banner wrapped around a pole , as if it were the regimental standard of the Gordons . |
| 25 | A flash of white feathers in the field , and the old woman was carrying a bucket . |
| 26 | As an insistent talker in a railway carriage who was carrying a viper in a cardboard box or as a thin man bewailing his bad luck at being unable to apply for the job of fat man at the fair , he provided great amusement largely by the assumption of odd accents and the pulling of extraordinary faces . ’ |
| 27 | For a shocked moment he thought Forster was carrying a man over his shoulder , then he saw what it was , and understood why Lawton was weighed down with cylinders . |
| 28 | ‘ The warrior was carrying a bow but no arrows . |
| 29 | A senior police officer , DN Biswas , quoted eyewitnesses as saying the person killed was carrying a suitcase which exploded . |
| 30 | He was carrying a shield as well . |