Example sentences of "[been] carry [prep] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of even greater interest was the flat statement that the BKA , working with German intelligence , had established that the bomb had been carried to Frankfurt from Damascus via Cyprus . |
| 2 | Swimmers in distress have been carried to safety on dolphins ' backs . |
| 3 | The man had been found near Southwark Bridge at the turn of the tide : he had grounded at low tide , and it had been assumed that he had been carried down river with the ebb . |
| 4 | The jungle birds fell silent in the growing heat , and Jacques Devraux eventually called a halt and distributed flasks of cold tea that had been carried in satchels by the Moi bearers . |
| 5 | This message has been carried around Europe in recent days by the normally reticent Nicholas Brady , America 's Treasury secretary . |
| 6 | By 1815 the canals may have been carrying in excess of 10 million tons of coal , not only more cheaply — on average coal prices ( and those of other bulky materials ) fell by between 50 and 70 per cent in larger urban centres with the opening of a canal — but also over an extended reach . |