Example sentences of "carried on the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | A glimpse of rough woodland carpeted with bluebells and wild garlic could be seen beyond a daisy-sprinkled lawn ; a wisp of smoke spiralled up from the trees ; voices carried on the still air . |
2 | Her voice carried on the still air . |
3 | They heard the horn again , the sound of hounds carried on the still air . |
4 | One article , carried on the front page of the official party paper Renmin Ribao on Feb. 24 , gave the first ever positive appraisal of capitalism and called for developing a capitalist economy within China as a " useful supplement " to the socialist economy . |
5 | No one carried on the cheesemaking tradition in our family , although West Park Farm is still owned by the Birketts , run as a beef farm by my sister-in-law and her young son . |
6 | I heard the sound of voices carried on the thin air . |
7 | Works produced at the theatre in Hvar , rebuilt in 1612 after its destruction in 1571 , five years before London 's first theatre was built , carried on the literary traditions of the Hvar literary school established in the previous century . |
8 | Of a far bell carried on the sweet south air — ; Her accoutrements the gay dense cover of earth . |