Example sentences of "was carrying the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Corporal was carrying the dead German 's Spandau , and the two other Commandos had a scruffy and shifty-eyed civilian by the scruff of the neck . |
| 2 | One of them was carrying the biggest banana you 've ever seen ! |
| 3 | By the time the shipmaster had practically blasted the sail off them with his cursing , the tide was carrying the lymphad sideways up into the mouth of the Sound . |
| 4 | It was quite a shock , and I thought how lucky I had been never to get into a violent argument with him while he was carrying the clubs . ’ |
| 5 | He was carrying the American Frank Connor 's bag when he was approached by Nick Faldo to join up with him again . |
| 6 | At the current price , 400 copies of their now much sought-after first single would mean Gedge was carrying the equivalent of £40,000 in his two suitcases . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Hugh was carrying the sack now as inconspicuously as possible over his shoulder but the others no longer cared about it ; the word ‘ friar ’ had claimed their attention . |
| 9 | When he came back he was carrying the calf , his arms encompassing all four legs , so the hooves came together in a bunch , with the rump and tail protruding over one forearm and the shoulders and chest over the other . |
| 10 | This time it was he who was carrying the guidebook . |
| 11 | In this case he was carrying the task of soul renovation up to an altogether dizzier level of risk and aspiration than had hitherto been attempted . |
| 12 | At the time he died he was carrying the bomb on his person . |
| 13 | My friend asked him why he was carrying the crop . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Lord Taylor said Richens had explained he was carrying the sheath knife , used in the killing , to reassure Sabrina , who had been frightened about staying at the flat since Choi raped her . |
| 16 | Cottee admits : ‘ There were times when I felt I was carrying the whole world on my shoulders . ’ |
| 17 | He was carrying the same grip . |
| 18 | Now , like I was saying , duck , ’ she continued to me , ‘ they did n't spot as she was carrying the two until the first come on . |
| 19 | The chauffeur was carrying the passenger 's bag but his client had insisted on carrying his executive case himself . |
| 20 | Early fifties , thinning black hair , the unmistakeable signs of middle-age spread and the sort of doleful features that gave the impression he was carrying the troubles of the world on his shoulders . |
| 21 | ( It was alleged but not proved that L was carrying the cardboard box . ) |
| 22 | That case also arose out of a motor accident at the time when the infant 's mother was carrying the unborn child . |
| 23 | Pearce and Duvall were blurred figures beside the wreck , distinguishable only in that Duvall was carrying the paraffin containers , which he was setting down on the pavement . |
| 24 | A new wave of evangelization was carrying the influence of the church of Lindisfarne deep into southern England , symbolizing a new political initiative on the part of Oswiu . |
| 25 | ‘ Lydia , ’ said Betty , who was carrying the luggage . |
| 26 | " I have n't seen her for several weeks then she came in about two hours ago — sort of staggered into the kitchen , and she was carrying the kitten in her mouth . |
| 27 | The flatboat was out in midstream and the current was carrying the swimming beasts away . |
| 28 | The conversation with Rosie had left him with the impression Rain was carrying the keys , and her own deliberately misleading answer that evening had confirmed it . |
| 29 | He was carrying the carrier-bag with the Union Jack on it . |
| 30 | He was carrying the same carrier-bag and for some reason they found it impossible not to stare at it . |