Example sentences of "[conj] carry [adv] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Who 's that old lady ? ’ asked one child , in a shrill treble that carried clearly through the winter air . |
| 2 | The investigator , middle-aged and sharp-eyed , was sympathetic but calming , speaking in a distinct voice that carried easily through the dining car , now that we were n't moving . |
| 3 | Precisely who it was she was using for a role model became clear as a middle-aged lady , admirably slim in well-cut jodhpurs , erupted from some inner fortress to enquire , in tones that carried effortlessly across the yard , precisely why Caroline had failed to run up her stirrups , how long had she been riding ? |
| 4 | In most neurons impulses are received by numerous short fibres called dendrites and carried away from the cell by a single long fibre called an axon . |
| 5 | A charcuterie in Aurillac or Vic-sur-Cère or some other small but locally important town will possibly provide a pâté the like of which you never tasted before , or a locally cured ham , a few slices of which you will buy and carry away with a salad , a kilo of peaches , a bottle of Monbazillac and a baton of bread , and somewhere on a hillside amid the mile upon mile of golden broom or close to a splashing waterfall you will have , just for once , the ideal picnic . |