Example sentences of "carried for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From Nibthwaite to Ulverston it was carried for 4/6 per ton . |
| 2 | The fact that seeds could be carried for hundreds of miles by strong winds allowed the supporters of dispersal to explain any case of anomalous distribution by invoking such an accidental circumstance . |
| 3 | We all knew Froggy , a caddie who had worked the circuit since the late fifties and had carried for many winners , including a couple of Open Champions — American , of course — in the mid-seventies . |
| 4 | In many of these different regions the native stone has given character and fitness to the buildings ; the wide variety of stones , together with the frequent use of wood and brick and thatch , especially in the stoneless areas , has added charm to English village and towns , and has made the dwellings , particularly the smaller cottages ( for stones for churches and large houses were carried for many miles even in early times ) , ideally suited to their surroundings . |
| 5 | A MAN was fighting for his life last night after being carried for 500 yards on the bonnet of a hit-and-run car . |
| 6 | Sarah pushed and thrust to get rid of the burden she had carried for nine long months , and she screamed until Maggie forced gin down her throat to quieten her . |
| 7 | The finest material may be carried for tens of kilometres down-wind , and some of it may even stay suspended for many months , eventually falling back to earth on the other side of the globe . |
| 8 | They may be precipitated locally ( Thompson , 1959 ) or carried for some distance in solution ( Bathurst , 1975 ; Wanless , 1979 ) . |
| 9 | Worn as an amulet they even warded off the evil eye and , in a more generalised form , are still carried for this purpose by Italians today . |