Example sentences of "[be] carry by the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Captain decided not to switch on his engines until they were further away ; he was content to let the vessel be carried by the tide . |
| 2 | The importance of information about steady-state values should be emphasised , as well as the need for these values to be carried by the patient at all times . |
| 3 | The loss would then be carried by the person responsible for the defect . |
| 4 | The journey is a slow one for the tiny fish do little more than allow themselves to be carried by the river current . |
| 5 | The day will be carried by the side which holds out longest . |
| 6 | ‘ If a video producer records live sound when filming , then the ‘ storyline ’ is bound to be carried by the commentary and you end up with a talk illustrated by pictures . |
| 7 | In hard rock the edge soon became dull , and the drilling of one sufficient hole could require the use of quite a few of these drills which had to be carried by the miner to his place of work , even though that might entail climbing hundreds of feet of pit ladder . |
| 8 | The fifth Group at Vaagsö was to be carried by the destroyer HMS Oribi up the Ulvesund , part of the Indreled Channel , for a landing near Kapelnoes point north of the town , to cut the road in order to prevent reinforcements from North Vaagsö reaching South Vaagsö . |