Example sentences of "was carrying [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She could not bind herself personally , with the result that she could not be made a bankrupt , unless she was carrying on a trade . |
| 2 | By working at the maltings was carrying on a tradition started by his grandfather , who had been a leading maltster at the same maltings . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | She rested the child she was carrying on the parapet , the child being asleep , and held it with one hand as she used the other to search at her breast purse for her money . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Sergt. Peter Woodhouse of the Liverpool Police … she told the police that she did not think her husband was carrying out a strictly honest business . |
| 7 | He was carrying out a routine inquiry when his hand was severed by a Samurai sword . |
| 8 | She had drawn the curtains at the house the previous evening and was carrying out a routine check at about 7.30 am when she saw the smashed back porch . |
| 9 | The discovery was more or less accidental , because Herschel was carrying out a completely different kind of investigation . |
| 10 | Angie Mellor , a Hygiene consultant from West Hoathly , was carrying out a survey at Broadmoor when someone asked ‘ What are you doing then ? ’ |
| 11 | The United States Overseas Private Investment Corporation ( OPIC ) together with the US Agency for International Development ( USAID ) was carrying out a feasibility study of the project . |
| 12 | On Sept. 10 , the FRY Foreign Minister , Vladislav Jovanovic resigned , claiming that the government was carrying out a policy " against the interests of Serbia and the Serbian people " . |
| 13 | On appeal he was found not guilty because he was carrying out a normal procedure approved by the medical profession . |
| 14 | The incident happened at about 2pm yesterday , while a resident was carrying out a routine domestic chore . |
| 15 | The ITC was carrying out an immediate two week survey designed to analyse the frequency and nature of violence on ITV , Channel 4 and BSkyB , he added . |
| 16 | The accident happened when the team was carrying out the ‘ Arrow through the Heart ’ manoeuvre . |
| 17 | He refused to comment on whether his organisation was carrying out the interviewing or ‘ disclosure ’ work on the children ; , he merely reiterated that they were involved in offering their assistance in whatever way was required by the department who had contracted them . |
| 18 | The authenticity of the film was stressed in all the publicity and much was made of the fact that not only had the trial scenes been shot at the same time as the judge was carrying out the Detroit sentences but the film actually used his own words . |
| 19 | The commission was carrying out the responsibilities laid on it by Parliament in the Broadcasting Act 1990 . |
| 20 | The company formed to explore the sunken liner said it was carrying out the search with the French Institute for the Research and Exploitation of the Sea . |
| 21 | She was flown immediately by helicopter to Hillsborough Castle in County Down where she was carrying out the only engagements of the visit , a lunch party and a garden party for 1,200 people on a day Ulster was swept by torrential rain . |