Example sentences of "[be] carry on the [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Young may be carried on the snout of the mother if they are in distress ( or stillborn ) , a behaviour that is also sometimes extended to humans in distress . |
| 2 | The crew will be volunteers from the Midlands and a special headboard will be carried on the front of the locomotive , one of the Ffestiniog 's unique double engines . |
| 3 | Younger members of the Denning family are carrying on the tradition of working at Sharpness docks . |
| 4 | Passengers had perforce to ride , and goods were carried on the backs of packhorses or mules . |
| 5 | I cut it out of Cosmopolitan magazine : an article entitled ‘ Think Yourself Thin ’ , illustrated by a blonde woman in a bikini being carried on the arms of two grinning , solid young men . |
| 6 | But if we convert our traders into stock-jobbers , who is to carry on the commerce of the kingdom ? |
| 7 | Sometimes xerolas ( vegetables and/or fruits , often in the shape of a gigantic ball and strung on a pole which is carried on the shoulders of two men ) are carried in the procession . |
| 8 | Mr Major explained how he was carrying on the principles of his predecessor and pointed out that he was her seconder in the leadership ballot and regretted that she had not stayed on . |