Example sentences of "be carrying a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've heard that wild animals wo n't harm you if you 're carrying a torch . ’ |
| 2 | Well , you might want to , but at this autumnal time of year you do n't sink down onto cold pebbles making love in the starlight , unless you 're carrying a groundsheet . |
| 3 | This assumes that all the women who are found to be carrying a child with Down 's syndrome will want to terminate their pregnancies . |
| 4 | You might be carrying a baton on the side of your pants , but you 've got nothing between your legs . ’ |
| 5 | The wine waiter happened to be carrying a very rare bottle indeed . |
| 6 | But your writing does seem to be carrying a torch for the songs of the mid-'70s . |
| 7 | The brief glimpse the signalman gained of the stranger was not sufficient to give a good description except that he was male and he appeared to be carrying a bag . |
| 8 | He is believed to be carrying a hand gun and should not be approached , ’ he said . |
| 9 | This picture is complicated should one or , especially , both of the plates be carrying a continent : the two continents collide with all the subtlety of a road accident . |
| 10 | A very special bomber because it must be carrying a very special cargo . |
| 11 | We will be carrying a report in our next issue of the magazine on our AGM ( 24 October ) and on our forthcoming exhibition to be held at the 181 Gallery in Hammersmith , west London this December/January . |
| 12 | She had guessed it would look better — more disarming — not to be carrying a bag ; as if she expected to be out only for a short time . |
| 13 | Or would you like to announce to Pulvidon that we 'll be carrying a priceless but unidentified object for a God-King ? ’ |
| 14 | Back to front , cos he 'd be carrying a lot of of hay on his back and that was to stop the hay seed , going down between it shirt and his skin . |
| 15 | One of the lads seemed to be carrying a bag . |
| 16 | He was found to be carrying a letter from Filshin which endorsed a deal whereby Dove Trading International would provide a credit line of US$7,500 million to a Russian firm , The Revival of the Urals Countryside , to import consumer goods and food . |
| 17 | Behind him I could see my mum , Emily and Mrs Quigley , who appeared to be carrying a large sheaf of corn . |
| 18 | But Edward , delighted to be carrying a gun at last , hardly cared . |
| 19 | Our study lends credence to the recent report of a family with many affected family members with only two to 40 colonic polyps , who were shown to be linked to the APC locus and are therefore likely to be carrying a mutation of this gene . |
| 20 | Over 15,000 piglets have died in transit from Germany at the Spanish border , after officials delayed their passage through concern that they might be carrying a newly discerned pig illness . |
| 21 | He says he 's thought to be carrying a pump action shotgun and may now be a traveeling criminal . |
| 22 | So how he came to be carrying a cannister of CS gas is being invistigated … he may have had an accomplice . |
| 23 | At its home port , it was found to be carrying a large consignment of drugs . |
| 24 | if people know how to interpret what it means to be carrying a baby in a dream , please |
| 25 | Well they would n't be carrying a bloody great mike like that |
| 26 | I mean I 'm carrying a a fuel tank behind me with that thing . |
| 27 | ‘ I am carrying a load of wiring and electronic equipment so I knew they would be interested in it , but I am completely in favour of this type of search . ’ |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | A low range of hills lifted in the north , yellow , rumpled , threadbare , as if someone had been carrying a lionskin and had grown tired of it and had thrown it down . |
| 30 | ‘ Because she 's still fixated with her idea that Old Red 's been carrying a torch for your aunt for years , and it 's now burst into a fine new flame . |