Example sentences of "was carry [adv prt] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 True it was that the plaintiff did not undertake to do any work additional to that which he had originally undertaken to do but the terms on which he was to carry out the work were varied and , in my judgment , that variation was supported by consideration which a pragmatic approach to the true relationship between the parties readily demonstrates .
2 Its most important innovations were the provision of an annual conference of delegates , elected by the membership , and a rule that the executive committee , similarly elected , " was to carry out the business of the BDDA in accordance with the decisions of the delegates " conference " .
3 De Alwis , Dr Netasinghe , head of the veterinary team , and the park rangers and trackers had another trump card in the person of the man who was to carry out the darting .
4 In a number of cases , grain was carried up the canal to the docks , was transhipped , and promptly retraced its steps along the canal to Saul Junction where it passed onto the Stroudwater Canal .
5 And for 1,500 miles it was carried on the current without power , navigational gear or a radio transmitter .
6 1836 It was moved that the dinner which had been assessed on the public be discontinued and was carried on the casting vote of the Chairman .
7 Some of Kelly 's classmates lost the fight to hold back the tears as soon as her coffin was carried down the aisle .
8 We unlashed the mooring cables almost as the last bag of cement was carried down the gangplank .
9 She rested the child she was carrying on the parapet , the child being asleep , and held it with one hand as she used the other to search at her breast purse for her money .
10 He refused to comment on whether his organisation was carrying out the interviewing or ‘ disclosure ’ work on the children ; , he merely reiterated that they were involved in offering their assistance in whatever way was required by the department who had contracted them .
11 The company formed to explore the sunken liner said it was carrying out the search with the French Institute for the Research and Exploitation of the Sea .
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