Example sentences of "carry the [adj] [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Give every lion wings and make every caryatid an Amazon capable of carrying the whole world on her skull . |
| 2 | Cottee admits : ‘ There were times when I felt I was carrying the whole world on my shoulders . ’ |
| 3 | Carrying the Red Ensign on behalf of the Merchant Navy , was Pandoro Senior Master , Captain John McCann . |
| 4 | Although certain other lines had their own Royal vehicles and carried our own and foreign Royalty more frequently than the LNWR , it was in the main the Wolverton LNWR and later LMSR train that carried the Royal family on long railway journeys . |
| 5 | Some days Ariel carried the hooped Sycorax on her back ( she would not ride on anyone else ) down to the shore and into the water , and held her up under the arms so that she could let her contorted frame float free ; small currents spun in the water as if to ease her , and the sky 's blue height seemed to catch them up into its soft vastness and give them fins and wings to fly and swoop , so that they both felt airier and brighter than they had since their freedom had come to an end , and the memory of their former peace returned for a space . |
| 6 | The other is a motor of highly original design ( for the conversant , one without commutator or armature ) , one of which now carries the great lens on Lundy North lighthouse that warns sailors of the savage coastline of the area . |