Example sentences of "[noun] were carry [adv prt] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Passengers had perforce to ride , and goods were carried on the backs of packhorses or mules . |
| 2 | Survey ships were carried on the Navy List , but Navy personnel remained aboard on sufferance only . |
| 3 | He must have forgotten there was a wind change , in any case a great mass of sand was blown in the direction of the little Base Camp and smothered the tea swindle but , worse still , it also smothered the various Instructors who were resting whilst the pupils were carrying out a detail in the air . |
| 4 | Mrs. Bidwell arrived at the door as the two attendants from the mortuary van were carrying out the body . |
| 5 | The burdens were carried on the back , the weight being supported by a tump-line across the forehead . |