Example sentences of "carry [adv] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the cylinder rotated , it was carried slowly from right to left under the mouthpiece by a screw mechanism , so consecutive lines of undulations were left in the tinfoil . |
| 2 | ‘ I would n't mind bein' carried 'ome by Sergeant Joe to 'is bed , it 'ud be worth sprainin' me ankle for . ’ |
| 3 | In addition , water that has been softened and clarified should be carried only in pipes that will not corrode and add corrosion products to the system . |
| 4 | It says that the discharges from the plant , which is run by British Nuclear Fuels ( BNFL ) , are carried upstream to Preston on the incoming tide and deposited in mudflats used by children to play . |
| 5 | Branson and Berry had brought with them a suitcase containing several thousands of American dollars , which was carried coolly through Customs , in defiance of the local currency regulations . |
| 6 | There was nothing unusual about MPs getting carried away during debates on crime and violence , however , or for the Speaker to find it necessary to call for ‘ Order ! ’ against ‘ shouts of sadistic enthusiasm ’ when whipping was on the agenda . |
| 7 | I used to get a bit carried away during prep . |
| 8 | They will be fascinated at the incredible insects that he meets inside the Peach as it floats away over the ocean and delighted when the seagulls come to the rescue and James and the insects inside the Peach are carried away towards America for a hero 's reception . |
| 9 | She 'd got carried away on Steve 's excitement , that was all . |
| 10 | I got a bit carried away with Martha and dallied in the Arran Heritage centre over long — ‘ Everyone wants to know about the past and it is too late . ’ |
| 11 | But Ian Darby , director of mortgage brokers John Charcol , cautioned : ‘ We should not get carried away with euphoria ; borrowers are still very highly geared and suffering high real rates of interest — nominal rates are still 6.5 percentage points above inflation . |
| 12 | But I think people do get carried away with traditions and the occasion and this grand affair and really , it could be a very small low-key affair , but it 's , it 's meant to be a very romantic special day for two people . |
| 13 | Lets not get carried away with thoughts of another 18 years in the wilderness . |
| 14 | People , Let's relax for just a sec and not get carried away with talk of 7–0 victories over twenty years ago , a lucky , boring 1–0 will do wonderfully well . |
| 15 | The last point sounds simple but some organisations do become so carried away with logos and elaborate art work that well over half the area of the printed page is unavailable for typed material . |
| 16 | If I were to get carried away with desire for your beautiful body the remembrance that you are Garry 's woman would act as a cold shower . ’ |
| 17 | It is not difficult to get carried away with programming and even the casual programmer can easily lose track of time . |
| 18 | he was so carried away with Newley that I believe quite unconsciously , Newley crept into Bowie 's voice and , as you know , he 's been accused of copying Tony Newley , but I do n't think he was really aware of what he was doing at that time . |
| 19 | What little remained of victims of the fire was carried away for identification and autopsy . |
| 20 | But perhaps to avoid being carried away by nostalgia , he wisely left the bidding to his wife and daughter . |
| 21 | ‘ You think I 'm being carried away by enthusiasm . ’ |
| 22 | Additionally , carried away by enthusiasm that ought not to affect the judgement of experienced lawyers , they advised him , or agreed on his urging ( I do not know which ) , that he should issue writs for libel , which he did , with the disastrous effect that he actually accepted some damages from one publication before he was compelled to reveal the falsity of his assertions . |
| 23 | It is hard to remember , unless something similar is happening at the time , exactly how strongly people feel at moments of great political crisis , how they are carried away by conviction of the rightness of their own side and by contempt and hatred of the other . |
| 24 | So it was only on rare occasions that the issue of local sovereignty arose : usually when a person — a single individual — got carried away by indignation or by enthusiasm to raise points which prudent men , a little weary of what they considered to be rhetoric , tended to suppress . |
| 25 | Some teachers and writers , perhaps carried away by behaviourist doctrine in the narrower sense , or thinking only in terms of sequential and very logically organized subject-matter , have over-emphasized what is involved and over-simplified the usefulness and effectiveness of " specifying objectives " . |
| 26 | Inside , the house was just as Bertha had left it when being carried away by ambulance . |
| 27 | For we should not become too carried away by Labour 's changed face and tone of voice , nor too dazzled by the Peter Mandelson image-conjuring . |
| 28 | Nevertheless , we must not be so swiftly carried away by talk of the job-market as to forget our democratic belief in the value of education as a good in itself , for everyone ; nor our individualistic belief in the concept of educational need . |
| 29 | A bridge had been carried away in Castle Street , so likely there had been a flood tide at the time . |
| 30 | In the field , the guerrillas rely mainly on AK47 automatic rifles , B40 and B41 rocket-propelled grenade launchers , hand grenades and 82mm mortars , which can all be carried easily by men moving on foot through the jungle . |