Example sentences of "[coord] carry [pron] [adv prt] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Scenes from the evening flashed before her eyes : the dignity of the old man to whom Ludovico had gently presented her and with whom she had performed a stately dance , delicately held in his wizened old arms ; the young men who had made a ring around her and Ludo before lifting them on to their shoulders and carrying them back to Santo Spirito ; the women who had caressed her blonde hair and whispered , ‘ Bella ! |
| 2 | It must have been really strange for her , going to a new school all on her own , and a convent school at that , with nuns like great black crows floating down the corridors and carrying her off to chapel . |
| 3 | If they appeared likely to do so he would then map out a strategy and advise students or co-workers on how to refine them and carry them through to fulfilment . |
| 4 | Anything else you 'd get as many boxes as you possibly could and carry them out in order to do the job efficiently . |
| 5 | Perhaps the Gruagach had been following them , keeping just out of sight , waiting until they dismounted , ready to reach out and scoop them up and carry them back to Tara and the roasting spits … |
| 6 | He had expected to sweep Rachel off her feet and carry her off to New Zealand with him on the next sailing , but he had reckoned without her Jewish father and mother , the new Zionism and Rachel herself . |
| 7 | ‘ You did n't really think some sort of Grandson Richard , 39 , was going to swoop down out of the sky and carry us off to Florida , did you ? |
| 8 | He was reaching-for the blue directory when Anne came back with Abigail in her arms , so Adam took her and carried her back to bed himself and tucked her in and kissed her . |
| 9 | She picked him up in her arms and carried him back to bed . |
| 10 | Item that Richard Curteys of Battle … entered the liberty of this lordship and made an assult on Richard Knyght against the peace by night ; and with a strong hand , with force and arms , to wit , with swords , bows and arrows , they unjustly took him outside the aforesaid lordship and carried him off to Battle , within the liberty and town of the abbot of Battle , against the peace . |
| 11 | In 1582 the first earl over-reached himself when , in a misguided attempt to gain control over the young king , he and others kidnapped James VI and carried him off to Huntingtower . |
| 12 | He shouldered the mattress and carried it back to Hut 2 , and slung it up onto his bunk , and threw the pillow and blanket after it . |
| 13 | Tom put the bone in his shirt and carried it back to camp ’ . |
| 14 | ‘ You 're shivering , ’ he says , and carries me back to bed . |
| 15 | In general , the organization that conceives the idea retains the project , unless it is one which clearly falls outside its remit , and carries it through to completion . |