Example sentences of "he [was/were] carry [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Holidays to him were carrying on studying tax matters and that really was relaxation to him . |
| 2 | David Frost put it to the right hon. and learned Gentleman no less than three times that it would be an unfair burden on many people who are not rich if he were to carry out immediately his proposed taxation arrangements to pay for Beckett 's law — the abolition of the upper earnings limit for national insurance contributions and the 50 per cent . |
| 3 | Ward 's voice was flat as though he were carrying out an official enquiry . |
| 4 | True it was that the plaintiff did not undertake to do any work additional to that which he had originally undertaken to do but the terms on which he was to carry out the work were varied and , in my judgment , that variation was supported by consideration which a pragmatic approach to the true relationship between the parties readily demonstrates . |
| 5 | I managed to have a brief word with the rescued pilot as he was carried on a stretcher into the ambulance . |
| 6 | He was carried up to that garret , probably in a state of stupor , drunk or drugged . |
| 7 | Another Gloucestershire player , wicket keeper Jack Russell , was accused of assaulting a television cameraman who was trying to film Lawrence as he was carried out of the ground . |
| 8 | Jackie had no chance to give them his expert advice because the triangle sounded for the afternoon shift , and he was carried off by Biff to his office for the rest of the day and most of the night . |
| 9 | Bjornebye , signed by manager Graeme Souness for £600,000 last month , will be out for at least three weeks after he was carried off on a stretcher with concussion while on international duty against China . |
| 10 | Arsenal have slipped to sixth after three successive Premier League defeats , and they will be without England full-back Lee Dixon for at least a month after he was carried off with a knee injury . |
| 11 | He was carried off on a stretcher when the game was only 10 minutes old , after he had flown into a tackle from behind on Dean Saunders . |
| 12 | He was carried off after a fifty fifty tackle with Stuart McCall . |
| 13 | The lift doors closed across his exclamation of relief and frustration and he was carried down to the ground floor . |
| 14 | Mr Major explained how he was carrying on the principles of his predecessor and pointed out that he was her seconder in the leadership ballot and regretted that she had not stayed on . |
| 15 | I responded as usual by smiling slightly — sufficient at least to indicate that I was participating in some way with the good-humouredness with which he was carrying on — and waited to see if my employer 's permission regarding the trip would be forthcoming . |
| 16 | It had come to him over the last year or so that there was only one thing that made him different from other men , and that was the weight he was carrying on his mind . |
| 17 | At its meeting on 30 October 1990 , the board received a report from Ian Wells , a senior enforcement officer , on the progress of an investigation he was carrying on into the affairs and business of the Winchester Group , an appointed representative of Norwich Union . |
| 18 | ‘ Back there in the lift earlier you did n't instantly and gallantly leap to my defence and punch Florian on the nose when he was carrying on about how undesirable I am ! ’ |
| 19 | Especially as the childminder had n't seen what had happened , so she did n't realize why he was carrying on like he was , made the whole thing a little bit tricky , can I give you this ? |
| 20 | David Quelch of Buntingford , Herefordshire , admitted using the device to remove fish at a pit in Haddenham , Cambridgeshire without consent but claimed he was carrying out a health check on behalf of the owners . |
| 21 | He was carrying out a routine inquiry when his hand was severed by a Samurai sword . |
| 22 | Meanwhile , he was carrying out his own investigations on the carcasses of horses which led to the publication in 1884 of his The Anatomy of the Horse — a Dissection Guide , followed in 1889 by The Comparative Anatomy of the Domesticated Animals . |
| 23 | I accept that it has taken a few years for the process to be completed , but everyone who studies the history books will be able to trace the downfall of the Thatcher Government — as some may still call it — to the time when she was foolish enough to remove the right hon. Gentleman from the duties that he was carrying out so successfully . |
| 24 | On appeal he was found not guilty because he was carrying out a normal procedure approved by the medical profession . |
| 25 | Addressing Liverpool Crown Court , Miss Coltman : ‘ He said he was carrying out operations at the hospital . |
| 26 | Raid terror : A brave caretaker was shoulder-charged to the ground after he disturbed three young burglars - one aged just 12 as he was carrying out his rounds at the City of Liverpool Community College . |