Example sentences of "[be] carry [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I stared into the mist until my eyes hurt , ahead , off both quarters , in case we 'd been carried the other way , even astern . |
| 2 | It either comes from the river beds or is scraped from rock ( tufa ) higher up the mountain — either way it has to be carried a long way over steep slopes . |
| 3 | Of course the parallel between ontogeny and phylogeny can not be carried the whole way through — prehistoric human beings did not look like newborn babies — but there are various reasons why we might expect the early stages of embryonic development to have some relation to the early stages of our evolution . |
| 4 | Sometimes better ( > ) for passive motion ; they want to be carried the whole time but even then they may not be quietened for long and will demand to be carried by someone else . |
| 5 | At its home port , it was found to be carrying a large consignment of drugs . |
| 6 | Behind him I could see my mum , Emily and Mrs Quigley , who appeared to be carrying a large sheaf of corn . |
| 7 | For many years it had been thought that high fever had certain curative properties , and some patients were deliberately exposed to mosquitoes which were known to be carrying the malarial parasite in the hope that the resulting infection and high temperature would have a beneficial effect on the disease process . |
| 8 | It says it 's an offence for anyone to be carrying an offensive weapon . |
| 9 | Under present laws , police do not have the power to stop and search on suspicion that a person may be carrying an offensive weapon since knives are not legally defined as such . |
| 10 | Current powers do not allow for searches that are based on a policeman 's hunch that someone may be carrying an illicit article , or for blanket searches that are carried out in a particular area or among particular groups . |
| 11 | Researchers are re-assessing the benefits of re-introducing species to the wild after a small group of golden lion tamarins were found to be carrying an infectious disease which could , in the worst case , have led to the devastation of vulnerable species . |
| 12 | In later life , Jaq understood that this particular Black Ship had been carrying a higher percentage of individualists hailing from less longstandingly pious worlds , than most such shipments . |
| 13 | It is only in the last hundred and fifty years , in any culture , that a majority of people have had even minimal access to this technique which already , over two millennia , had been carrying a major part of human culture . |
| 14 | ‘ Baker has been carrying a strained abdomen for some time . |
| 15 | He had been carrying a small bag , which he dumped on the table , and she looked at it in disbelief . |
| 16 | By lunchtime Wexford and Burden had interviewed all those members of the darts club that had been present at Jack Pertwee 's stag party with the exception of Maurice Cullam , but none of them had been able to do more than confirm that Hatton had been aggressive , vain and malicious and that he had been carrying a great deal of money . |
| 17 | Corden added : ‘ Tuesday 's result was very disappointing but we have been carrying a few injuries . |
| 18 | ‘ When you are carrying a lethal load like that anything could happen whether or not police are looking after it . ’ |
| 19 | ’ If we really are carrying the Ardakkean phetam … ’ she began . |
| 20 | The cadets are carrying the SA-80 rifle |
| 21 | He says : ‘ In the current recession , which is biting further and further into the North-East , small businesses feel that they are carrying the main thrust of the banking community 's claw back of their lending . ’ |
| 22 | He disappeared into the hedgerow , and soon reappeared with four others , two of them were carrying a wounded Officer between them . |
| 23 | ‘ You were carrying a concealed weapon contrary to social format and I note that you sport the open-necked look in a zany tie zone . |
| 24 | Bristol had previously been heavily involved in the Iceland trade , but had been coming under pressure from increasing Hanse power there , and its merchants may well have been looking for alternative supplies of fish — it is worth stressing that the ships sent out in 1481 in search of the ‘ Isle of Brasil ’ were carrying a large quantity of salt ( 45 , pp.188–9 ; 94 , pp.177–82 ) . |
| 25 | In front of me , two teenage boys were carrying a floral tableau with the words ‘ God is Love ’ written in pink carnations , and little girls dressed like bridesmaids were holding the ribbons attached to it . |
| 26 | They were carrying a magnificent salmon . |
| 27 | Between them they were carrying the sixth figure — the limp , white faced form of Brett Grant . |
| 28 | They were carrying the Bosnian refugee , feet first . |
| 29 | Around 1.7 million of these were looking after someone in the same household ; 1.4 million were providing help or supervision for at least twenty hours a week ; and 3.7 million were carrying the main responsibility for providing that help ( Green , 1988 ) . |
| 30 | When Maggie and Susan left the house they were carrying the same pail and enamel container that they 'd used earlier . |