Example sentences of "was carry [adv prt] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The LRDG patrol which was to carry out a diversionary raid on Benina airfield decided to turn back as there was no longer enough time to drive there and back in darkness .
2 The next stage was to carry out a proper evaluation of the message , in an attempt to determine what was giving rise to the ambiguity ( i.e. , what was missing from the message ) .
3 His last major task was to carry out a detailed study of the force 's structures for Chief Constable Sir Hugh Annesley earlier this year .
4 The judge was to carry out an agreed investigation into the bombing of a French UTA airliner over Niger in September 1989 in which 170 people died [ see p. 36910 ] .
5 The wounded German Officer was carried up the grassy bank and placed against a tree .
6 The coffin was carried on a horse-drawn cart because it was a long time before a motor hearse became available .
7 A vote was taken on this and was carried on a decisive majority .
8 Oblivious to her injuries , Thomas Duke would have carried his daughter back to their cottage in his arms , though it is conceivable that she was carried on an old door or something .
9 Until this study was carried out the individual elements of the FAOR methodology had been developed and tested in isolation , each being the responsibility of different organisations within the FAOR partnership .
10 On appeal he was found not guilty because he was carrying out a normal procedure approved by the medical profession .
11 The incident happened at about 2pm yesterday , while a resident was carrying out a routine domestic chore .
12 The ITC was carrying out an immediate two week survey designed to analyse the frequency and nature of violence on ITV , Channel 4 and BSkyB , he added .
13 She was flown immediately by helicopter to Hillsborough Castle in County Down where she was carrying out the only engagements of the visit , a lunch party and a garden party for 1,200 people on a day Ulster was swept by torrential rain .
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