Example sentences of "[be] carrying the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ’ If we really are carrying the Ardakkean phetam … ’ she began . |
| 3 | The cadets are carrying the SA-80 rifle |
| 4 | 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 . ’ |
| 5 | Between them they were carrying the sixth figure — the limp , white faced form of Brett Grant . |
| 6 | They were carrying the Bosnian refugee , feet first . |
| 7 | 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 ) . |
| 8 | When Maggie and Susan left the house they were carrying the same pail and enamel container that they 'd used earlier . |
| 9 | 'That is carrying the democratic principle too far , ‘ I said in a careless laughing way . |
| 10 | ( It was alleged but not proved that L was carrying the cardboard box . ) |
| 11 | It so happened that the very train that ended Mr Cubbage 's life was carrying the delayed mail and in one of the mail bags was a letter from Coleen agreeing to Mr Cubbage 's proposal of marriage and saying that she was coming home to her lover . |
| 12 | I wished I had n't said ‘ England ’ since I was carrying the Irish passport , but Signe gave no sign of noticing the error . |
| 13 | That case also arose out of a motor accident at the time when the infant 's mother was carrying the unborn child . |
| 14 | When the two girls left the smithy , Gay was carrying the wooden board — a rough affair that was all that could be obtained — and Breeze was leading on the end of a knotted string a small and ill-favoured specimen of doghood . |
| 15 | Cottee admits : ‘ There were times when I felt I was carrying the whole world on my shoulders . ’ |
| 16 | One of them was carrying the biggest banana you 've ever seen ! |
| 17 | He was carrying the American Frank Connor 's bag when he was approached by Nick Faldo to join up with him again . |
| 18 | He was carrying the same carrier-bag and for some reason they found it impossible not to stare at it . |
| 19 | He was carrying the same grip . |