Example sentences of "[was/were] carry [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To nine patients out of ten she was the first hospital sister with whom they had been confronted , and the great majority , when they walked , were pushed , or were carried for the first time through the double doors of our main entrance , were very apprehensive and trying to hide the fact . |
| 2 | Headteachers were allowed to move sums of money from one category to another ( virement ) and under/overspends were carried to the next year . |
| 3 | The crown of St Wenceslas and the sacred coronation oils were carried to the High Altar from here too . |
| 4 | The hammock , which was slung from a long pole carried on the shoulders of two men , was used for transporting the sick and infirm across rough country terrain and , in and around Funchal , for the rich and for the tourists who were carried through the dirty , and sometimes muddy , streets . |
| 5 | Fifteen ships of the line , caught by the flood-tide , were carried into the unprotected bays of Cherbourg and La Hogue , where , on Sunday 22 May , Russell at last caught up with them . |
| 6 | In answer to the problem I set myself ( reports of which were carried in the provincial press in 1980 ) , a certain Mr A. Hatton of Birmingham wrote : ‘ If you visit some of the pubs , clubs and places of enquiry , you will get the solution to your enquiry … just speak to the majority of working people , blacks do not have the intellect or inclination for academics ’ ( personal communication , 12 June 1980 ) . |
| 7 | Some 350 articles of equipment were carried in the 12 heavy tools vans which ran in the trains containing the steam cranes , and some of this equipment was so heavy as to need the use of demountable jib gallows with a frame at each double door to get it in and out of the van . |
| 8 | Perhaps memories were carried by the very macromolecules themselves ? |
| 9 | A few caskets were carried from the docked ship , each bearing upon it a stasis box wrapped in a yellow banner embroidered with fanged skulls , protecting the precious Progenoid organs . |
| 10 | Three swords and two sceptres were carried before the English king at his coronation in 1189 : the sceptre with the cross probably signifying power and justice , the sceptre with the dove , equity and mercy , while the three swords may have been associated singly with authority , mercy and justice . |
| 11 | Number Ten had captured the tactical unit ; Francis Tite 's genius was to carry off the strategic one . |
| 12 | Developed from a vast influx of sand that was carried onto the low rock basement by a rising sea level over the last seven or eight thousand years ( Ritchie , 1985 ) , machair with its essentially base-rich , alkaline , free-draining soils has provided a distinctive landscape element . |
| 13 | Coal for the mill 's steam engine was carried up the steep hill on donkeys . |
| 14 | The glider circled the escarpment and was carried with the warm air currents into the upper atmosphere . |
| 15 | Even in China where the working of jade was carried to the highest pitch of sophistication the lapidaries continued to rely on abrasion for working their material . |
| 16 | ‘ It was all cooked together , Inspector , but that for the high table was placed there , ’ Auguste explained , pointing to a corner table , ‘ and the rest was carried into the other kitchen , which is usually used for the preparation of food and storage . |
| 17 | As this conception of medical activity was carried into the nineteenth century , so did the changing medical model in some way foster the quest for truth in bodies . |
| 18 | This combination of class and status was carried into the twentieth century . |
| 19 | The aldermanic principle was carried into the new county councils , and there were other indications that power would not easily be dispersed : ‘ the provisions for decentralisation … were whittled away , and in the end very little was left of the grand scheme of devolution ’ ( Redlich and Hirst 1958:207 ) . |
| 20 | The unusual theme was carried through the entire wedding , with vodka and schnapps served at the back of the church . |
| 21 | This fact implies that most , if not all , the ASFV RNA polymerase activity present in the infected cell at the early stage was carried by the infecting virus particle(s) ( 7 ) . |
| 22 | Their common concern was the chaos that would unleash itself on the city if a radioactive cloud from Hinkley Point was carried by the prevailing wind . |
| 23 | The ash cloud reached over 15,000 metres in height and was carried by the prevailing winds to the north-east , into Argentina . |
| 24 | Codes and cyphers still gave some protection against this , and in one or two cases at least cryptography was carried in the seventeenth century to a level which was not to be surpassed for generations to come . |
| 25 | Although the shuttle has returned safely to Earth on each of its six nights so far , the orbiter managed on its most recent mission to nudge the tracking and data-relay satellite it was carrying into the wrong position . |