Example sentences of "carry [pron] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes I have to carry them all over the place . |
| 2 | The strip had carried him right to the end of the branch . |
| 3 | ‘ Lachlan Cattanach , ’ Farquhar said sternly one day , ‘ will you for God 's sake be either forgetting the lass , or letting me carry her away up the hill for you ? |
| 4 | I was happy in my Office ; it was exacting but I could carry it easily in the House of Lords ; and I had no wish to re-submit myself to the rough and tumble of electioneering and the House of Commons … |
| 5 | She helped me carry it far along the dunes , dutifully clutching the lines and winch to her flat little chest and clicking the ratchet on the drum , until we reached a point well out of sight from the house . |
| 6 | It can be fascinating , but the allure of intellectualism can carry us away to the point of deliberately courting obscurity . |
| 7 | Junior wants granddaddy to carry him right to the car . ’ |
| 8 | The acceptance of that affection would have automatically given that partner the right to carry it further into the realm of sex , where so often , so little affection is given . |
| 9 | About the fishes who swallow human sins , and carry them away to the ocean . |
| 10 | " I can pick up a horse and rider in my talons and carry them right across the forest . " |
| 11 | But Rohan 's arm was like a steel band round her waist , half lifting her from her feet , and carrying her inexorably to the door . |
| 12 | Such forces carry him away from the mainstream of Caribbean life into the tributaries of a distinct black youth culture . |
| 13 | And she would spear a piece of chicken and carry it high in the air towards that great black hole of a mouth and , still talking about her therapy , her plans for the future , his inability to understand her as a woman , his crude , male-orientated sexuality , she would munch , munch , munch … |
| 14 | I shall tear out your soul , and carry it away to the Prison of Hostages , and then perhaps the Conablaiche will come to tear out your heart , for there is nothing my Master likes so well as a warm heart , a Mortal heart , still beating , fresh and running with blood and juices … |
| 15 | Two spectators jump in , seize his trembling body and carry it away from the dancers . |
| 16 | He smiled sadly , then went across and took up the basin , carrying it across to the door . |
| 17 | He took me in his arms and carried me downstairs to the library , where he put me in front of the fire , and gave me a glass of wine . |
| 18 | ‘ No , Jordi , no ! ’ was all I could say as the train slowly carried him away into the dawn . |
| 19 | Without pausing to measure the distance , he launched himself into a desperate leap that carried him right across the opening . |
| 20 | They found the 16-year-old boy and carried him safely to the surface at the Dan-yr-Ogof caves near Swansea . |
| 21 | And , as they worked , Lucy 's imagination carried her away to the bush , causing her to torture herself with thoughts of Doreen 's fingers sliding down Silas 's arm to clasp his hand . |
| 22 | The housekeeper 's request answered Belinda 's doubt that brother and sister might not yet be ready for an intrusion , and after adding a fourth almost transparent bone-china coffee-cup and saucer to the engraved silver tray , she carried it carefully through the series of open , interconnected rooms until she reached the veranda . |
| 23 | Carson hooked his fingers under the phone base and carried it across to the Chesterfield . |
| 24 | He picked up the lamp and carried it across to the picture . |
| 25 | For a second she could almost feel the warm slump of the hare 's body , and its weight when it swung from her hand , heavy and loose , as she carried it home by the ears . |
| 26 | When we finally reached the top of the Bouton Straits the rain had ceased as completely as the wind and it was only the current which carried us eastwards into the luminous open sea . |
| 27 | The foot carries you even to the threshold of your enemies . |