Example sentences of "[pers pn] was carry [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 They formed their line again and started searching for Esmerelda while I was carried back to the house .
2 I was carried down to the ambulance and taken to a Kendal hospital .
3 She put the tray she was carrying down on the wrought iron table .
4 Probably much of his success as a teacher sprang from this , for the young greatly enjoyed his moments of iconoclasm , even when it was carried on to the cricket field where he had no knowledge of and certainly no respect for the laws of the game , as a current Member of Parliament may remember .
5 It was carried back on the blowing sand , but it moved unhurriedly forward .
6 Of course the low percentage achievement does in part reflect the very high targets that were set as the plan was revised upwards during the course of the period , and it was carried out under the slogan of ‘ the five year plan in four years ’ .
7 It was carried out on the orders of Salim Al-Makesh to give himself time to flee the terrorist base before Delta destroyed it . ’
8 Prior to this it was carried out by the Directorship-general of Fine Arts , Academies and Libraries , part of the Ministry of Education .
9 Legislation requiring the registration of houses taking children for adoption followed , but respectable working class women resented this inspection , especially when it was carried out by the Poor Law Relieving Officer .
10 In the past a private sector proposal had to demonstrate that funding costs would be less than if it was carried out by the Government .
11 Another Gloucestershire player , wicket keeper Jack Russell , was accused of assaulting a television cameraman who was trying to film Lawrence as he was carried out of the ground .
12 The lift doors closed across his exclamation of relief and frustration and he was carried down to the ground floor .
13 At its meeting on 30 October 1990 , the board received a report from Ian Wells , a senior enforcement officer , on the progress of an investigation he was carrying on into the affairs and business of the Winchester Group , an appointed representative of Norwich Union .
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