Example sentences of "carry [pron] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 But when they reached the dock and were waiting for the boat to carry them to the camp , Seth snatched the van 's keys , nearly breaking two of Suzy 's fingers in the struggle .
2 You were n't allowed to have a hearse , you had to carry them to the church , and er er we used to b bury them by lamp light .
3 There were commercial laundries in the 1920s and the large linen hampers that took two people to carry them to the laundry van show that this was a luxury enjoyed by the inhabitants of the Dolls ' House .
4 The King of this country ( which was called Lilliput ) had ordered his people to carry me to the capital city , about a kilometre away .
5 PETER MARSHALL 's double-handed style has carried him to the top of the British rankings , and many observers were looking to this week 's British Open Championship at Wembley Conference Centre to provide proof of his potential at world level .
6 It protested at once , so she let him carry her to the living-room .
7 Now , though , she was sitting in the dressing-room , not even sure if she could persuade her legs to stand up and carry her to the stage .
8 We had no sooner got out of the supermarket 's doors than the wee imp said he was tired and I must carry him to the car .
9 Sometimes he would have to wait for an hour or more before he could find someone to carry him to the Collector 's side .
10 587 , 596 : ‘ it seems to us that in taking the article from the shelf the customer is indeed assuming one of the rights of the owner — the right to move the article from its position on the shelf to carry it to the check-out . ’
11 If , as now seems certain , that is not possible , then Flushing Meadow , where every regular tennis journalist has his own horror story to tell about the failures of the elevators which carry them to the Press Box in the sky , will remain ‘ the place we love to hate ’ .
12 Before she was aware of what he was doing , he had lifted her up and was carrying her to the bed , where he deposited her gently , like some priceless , fragile object .
13 With horror she realized he was carrying her to the top of the stairs .
14 Yeah , he was in agony there , so any way carry him to the toilet , sat him on the toilet and sort of sat there with him a bit trying to make him go a wee , cos I thought perhaps he full bladder and could n't
15 Sycorax no longer leaked whatever liquids or foods she was able to consume , as she had during the worst of her fever , and Ariel could prop her up into a sitting position , and then , presenting her shoulders to her , go down on one knee to hoist her piggy-back and carry her to the privy in the forest a few minutes ' walk away .
16 Cos when you get your takeaway they erm they carry it to the door for you and give it to you when you get to the door , and they hand
17 I shall die here and then this creature will tear out my soul and carry it to the Court of the Soul Eaters .
18 Carry it to the side and around .
19 ‘ And since the only one who can cage a Mortal soul and carry it to the Prison of Hostages is the Lad of the Skins , we must call him up . ’
20 Just before it begins to run remove the dish and carry it to the table .
21 Servants came , and wrapped them in soft new sheets together , and carried them to the bed which they had set up in the white room .
22 So he caught them up in his cloak and carried them to the top of the mountain , and there he showed them all the treasures and towns and palaces that were in the world .
23 And once their physical usefulness was at an end , the Robemaker tore out the souls of his slaves and carried them to the Soul Eaters in the Cruachan Cavern , which some believed were the Gates of Hell .
24 This carried them to the Plain of Finuval where the shattered remnants of the Elf armies were assembling for a desperate last stand .
25 That day I was lucky , and the sea carried me to the shore .
26 With painful slowness it carried him to the station a few miles from his home .
27 The robot put Buff to sleep , then put the spacesuit on him and carried him to the spaceship .
28 Triumphantly , I carried him to the car .
29 Prosser , now a clear favourite to complete a maiden victory as a professional , had a slight hiccup when she found sand to lose a shot at the short second before birdies at the third and sixth carried her to the turn in 35 , one under .
30 Then between us we carried her to the river and rolled her in and Nour washed himself at the edge of the crocodile pool .
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