Example sentences of "[noun] carry on the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Elijah heard a divine message sending him back to troubled Israel , with intuition as to definite things to do , one of which was to find a successor to carry on the prophetic ministry . |
| 2 | A glimpse of rough woodland carpeted with bluebells and wild garlic could be seen beyond a daisy-sprinkled lawn ; a wisp of smoke spiralled up from the trees ; voices carried on the still air . |
| 3 | I heard the sound of voices carried on the thin air . |
| 4 | ‘ All those models carried on the same way the artists did . |
| 5 | Today Oxfordshire 's Steve Redgrave carries on the British rowing tradition . |
| 6 | They heard the horn again , the sound of hounds carried on the still air . |
| 7 | Of a far bell carried on the sweet south air — ; Her accoutrements the gay dense cover of earth . |
| 8 | Her voice carried on the still air . |
| 9 | As early as July 1728 Wade was able to report : ‘ I am now with all possible diligence carrying on the new road for wheel-carriages between Dunkeld and Inverness , of about 80 English measured miles [ 128 km ] ’ , but it was 1731 which saw the creation of his masterpiece , the road from Dalwhinnie to Fort Augustus , in the middle of the Great Glen . |
| 10 | Chris Lander , the Daily Mirror 's cricket writer and the only man to have marched every step of the way with Beefy on his walks , is amazed at how Ian carries on the torturous pace . |