Example sentences of "[was/were] carry [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On 16th however eight of them were despatched to Maleme airfield , Crete , from where next morning they were to carry out a strafe of airfields in southern Greece at first light . |
| 2 | If we were to carry out a similar survey in the future and recording conversations would you be willing to take part ? |
| 3 | By the end of this period the political groupings which were to carry out the great changes of the next century in Britain , though very far from having assumed their late-Victorian form , were slowly evolving . |
| 4 | If the current ( and proposed ) restrictions were eased , and cycles were carried on a ‘ first come , first served ’ basis , you would find many customers willing to accept this . |
| 5 | If the current ( and proposed ) restrictions were eased , and cycles were carried on a ‘ first come , first served ’ basis , you would find many customers willing to accept this . |
| 6 | The burdens were carried on the back , the weight being supported by a tump-line across the forehead . |
| 7 | Survey ships were carried on the Navy List , but Navy personnel remained aboard on sufferance only . |
| 8 | Passengers had perforce to ride , and goods were carried on the backs of packhorses or mules . |
| 9 | A steward with grey hair and neat moustache waved me rather wearily into the cockpit where the pilot and co-pilot were carrying on a violently gestured argument which was to last all the way to Puerto Maldonaldo . |
| 10 | Radio Cameroon said that two people were killed , many injured and 219 arrested ; it also alleged that " certain foreign radio stations " were carrying on a disinformation campaign against Cameroon . |
| 11 | For example , if one were carrying out a survey of library users over six days and the analysis for the working week produced , let us say , 20 print-out sheets , then to ask also for sub-analyses for each of the six days could result in a further 120 sheets . |
| 12 | It was never clear whether they were carrying out a routine sample spot check on the facilities or merely seeking a quick meal before a meeting . |
| 13 | He must have forgotten there was a wind change , in any case a great mass of sand was blown in the direction of the little Base Camp and smothered the tea swindle but , worse still , it also smothered the various Instructors who were resting whilst the pupils were carrying out a detail in the air . |
| 14 | Now when you went in you were carrying out a plan with you very close behind going down to the bedroom . |
| 15 | Alan , who was won several national awards , agreed to compete against all 75 children at Hinderwell Junior School , Scarborough , who were carrying out a topic on communications . |
| 16 | If we were carrying out a similar survey in the future , recording conversations , would you be willing to take part ? |
| 17 | Ward 's voice was flat as though he were carrying out an official enquiry . |
| 18 | The police , who were carrying out an operation to recover illegal arms in Muhajir-populated areas , opened fire on the crowd which included women and children , many of whom carried copies of the Quran on their heads in a traditional sign of protest . |
| 19 | Sedgwick , born in Dent in 1785 and for many years Professor of Geology at Trinity College , Cambridge , and a friend of Wordsworth and Darwin , describes the galleries of Dent vividly and delightfully in his book , A Memorial To Cowgill Chapel 1868 : ‘ The galleries were places of mirth and glee and active happy industry for there might be heard the buzz of the spinning wheel and the hum and the songs of those who were carrying out the labours of the day . ’ |
| 20 | For there might be heard the buzz of the spinning wheel , and the hum and songs of those who were carrying out the labours of the day ; and the merry jests and greetings sent down to those who were passing through the streets . |
| 21 | The governors stuck reasonably well to their instructions on this and other matters and , while they did not always understand the new societies in which they were serving , eighteenth-century attacks on their competence were certainly on some occasions political propaganda that colonists were naturally tempted to launch against men who were carrying out the policy of a distant monarch and government . |
| 22 | Mrs. Bidwell arrived at the door as the two attendants from the mortuary van were carrying out the body . |
| 23 | Discuss how your analysis would have been altered if you were carrying out the analysis on behalf of a prospective shareholder . |
| 24 | This argument was rejected on the basis that , from its formation , Newco 's wider purpose was to carry on a trade and that was why it was acquiring the business . |
| 25 | The LRDG patrol which was to carry out a diversionary raid on Benina airfield decided to turn back as there was no longer enough time to drive there and back in darkness . |
| 26 | The next stage was to carry out a proper evaluation of the message , in an attempt to determine what was giving rise to the ambiguity ( i.e. , what was missing from the message ) . |
| 27 | The aim of the proposal was to carry out a visit of one month to France under the ESRC/CNTLS Exchange scheme for social scientists in order to pursue collaborative work on Time , the family and leisure |
| 28 | His last major task was to carry out a detailed study of the force 's structures for Chief Constable Sir Hugh Annesley earlier this year . |
| 29 | The purpose of Study 2 was to carry out a laboratory task which allowed measurement of feelings of risk and a controlled test of memory for driving situations . |
| 30 | BT 's response was to carry out an area trial , promising to keep me advised on progress . |