Example sentences of "carry off [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Gaskell 's account is comparatively anodyne : ‘ a little paved court having the backs of the houses at the end opposite to the opening , and a gutter running through the middle to carry off household slops , washing suds , & c . ’ |
| 2 | Well hidden underneath it was , or either the rogues would have found it when they tipped the load , or else the first who came to carry off timber would have seen it . |
| 3 | The hero Theseus went down into the underworld to support his friend Pirithous in an attempt to carry off Proserpine , Queen of Hades . |
| 4 | KATJA Seizinger lost her skis in a dramatic last-gate tumble but remained on course to carry off skiing 's supreme prize . |
| 5 | A deep recession struck and death carried off Alfred Kitching , Charles Ianson and his son , James . |
| 6 | You are the first of the king 's officers to know that Lord Grey of Ruthyn is carried off prisoner into Wales , and if this moment you turned out the muster of every shire between here and Denbigh , and loosed them into Clocaenog forest , do you think you would find hide or hair of a Welshman there ? |
| 7 | Third to English Oaks winner Intrepidity last time out , Accommodating aims to emulate Kingmambo , Madeleine 's Dream and Hernando who have carried off France 's 1,000 Guineas , 2,000 Guineas and Derby for Boutin and jockey Cash Asmussen . |
| 8 | They had carried off children . |
| 9 | ENGLAND ensured silver medals and could even carry off gold in the men 's team event at the European Championships in Stuttgart . |
| 10 | The two short groups , Lapith and Centaur , Centaur carrying off boy , also fit better if transposed . |
| 11 | The fatal disease was unromantic ( measles ) , but it almost carried off Louis-Napoleon also , and only the courage and devotion of Hortense prevented her losing both sons . |
| 12 | Hence Hercules remained the Deity to propitiate in order to find treasures , whose god was Dis ( identical with Pluto ) who carries off Proserpine ( another name for Ceres or grain ) to the underworld described by the poets , according to whom its first name was Styx , its second the land of the dead , its third the depth of furrows … |