Example sentences of "and carry [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ Starting right now , this minute … ’ he murmured softly , brushing her lips delicately with his mouth , before quickly sweeping her lightly gowned figure up in his arms and carrying her towards the door . |
| 3 | He bent his head and kissed her , his mouth urgent and seeking , before swinging her up into his arms and carrying her through the curtains . |
| 4 | He swore softly , colourfully , his face like granite as he swept a gaze round the room before lifting her into his arms and carrying her from the house . |
| 5 | One of my first memories as a young boy is of capturing a small bird and carrying it around the village inside my shirt pocket . |
| 6 | Nun decided that Nut , the sky goddess , in the shape of a cow , should take Re and carry him above the earth , although this meant that he was seen only in the day and the earth became dark at night . |
| 7 | Because of the pain I could n't manage to pull the sledge in the uphill parts , so I had to break the bales in half , tie them up separately and carry them to the level bits , and load up again . |
| 8 | After them come the foragers whose job it is to collect the spoils and carry them in the great baggage train . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Let the man lift me from the car still asleep and wrapped in a tartan blanket , let him lift me and carry me up the stairs to my bed , let him gently say , ‘ we 're here ’ … let him lay me down to sleep . |
| 11 | I 'd better live up to tradition and carry you over the threshold ! ’ |
| 12 | Just before it begins to run remove the dish and carry it to the table . |
| 13 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 14 | I shall die here and then this creature will tear out my soul and carry it to the Court of the Soul Eaters . |
| 15 | But the red bitch chose that same day to pick up the remaining puppy in her teeth and carry it by the scruff of the neck up the ladder and into the house . |
| 16 | He strode to her , picked her up and carried her to the bed . |
| 17 | He put the tray down , lifted her and carried her to the WC on the landing . |
| 18 | So the wise woman , taking a whip in her hand , seated herself on a small carpet and lashed it with the whip until it rose in the air and carried her to the forest . |
| 19 | He picked her up and carried her to the stairs . |
| 20 | He awkwardly unlocked the door and carried her to the sofa , laying her down as though she weighed nothing at all . |
| 21 | He was kissing her hungrily , then he lifted her off her feet and carried her to the water 's edge , resting her on the sand so that their bodies could feel the gentle ebb and fall of the sea against them . |
| 22 | Roman caught her before she could fall and carried her to the small settee . |
| 23 | The minutes crawled like tired snails , but the ambulance arrived before Tom had returned from making his phone calls in the study , and with the compassionate yet businesslike speed that Belinda never ceased to admire , the paramedic ambulance officers slid Faye on to a stretcher and carried her to the waiting vehicle , where an intravenous line could be set up immediately . |
| 24 | He carried her close , oblivious , it seemed , of the water that streamed from her body , and carried her to the safe , dry grass a short distance away . |
| 25 | He lifted her then , in one swift movement , and carried her to the sofa , laying her back , murmuring her name over and over , kissing again , consuming her with a passion that thrilled and left Robyn weak and yet powerful all at the same time , because she could do this to him — she could make Luke Denner groan with desire and need . |
| 26 | She arched against him , unable to control the flames of desire leaping within her , then a gasp escaped her as he swept her into his arms and carried her to the double bed in her aunt 's room . |
| 27 | He picked her up and carried her into the front room . |
| 28 | Lifting her bodily from it , he scooped her up into his arms and carried her into the cottage . |
| 29 | Scooping her up in his arms , he carried her towards the front door , easily unlatched it , flicked a switch , kicked the door shut behind him , and carried her into the bedroom . |
| 30 | He swung her up into his arms and carried her over the threshold into the shadowy interior and beyond to the shuttered darkness of the bedroom . |