Example sentences of "[being] carry [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alternatively , if the size and density of settlements were uniform throughout the country , then in some areas the dead were being carried over considerable distances for burial . |
| 2 | A MAN was fighting for his life last night after being carried for 500 yards on the bonnet of a hit-and-run car . |
| 3 | Oliver felt himself being carried across rough ground , and then he saw and heard no more . |
| 4 | All he could see was that crude canvas painting being carried by two pages . |
| 5 | Dimly she was aware that de Raimes was being carried by two men , that she was being prodded and pushed down a flight of stairs . |
| 6 | His coach had been parked out of sight while his white saddle horse had been tethered to a post at the roadside so that the passing soldiers would think their Emperor was riding to war instead of being carried in upholstered comfort . |