Example sentences of "were carry [adv prt] [pos pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He seems to have realized , however , that there was a younger generation of artists who were to carry on his work . |
| 2 | Dalrymple 's evil vindictiveness is shown by the wording of a letter he wrote to the leader of the men who were to carry out his plans — ‘ It is a work of charity to be exact in rooting out that damned sept ( clan ) , the worst in all the highlands … . |
| 3 | Fifty-five students , 9 per cent , were carrying on their studies on completion of the IT Advanced Course . |
| 4 | The customers were carrying on their conversations . |
| 5 | For , in truth , humble flagman Ken Evans and race starter Captain Keith Brown both with years of successful racing experience behind them were carrying out their duties according to the book , as they and others like them have done without criticism in the past . |
| 6 | The workers were members of the Federation of Free Trade Unions , and were carrying out their July strike threat [ see p. 39021 ] , demanding rights and recognition equal to those enjoyed by former communist trade unions , in addition to improvements in pay and conditions . |
| 7 | He used to travel around all the other cells to make sure they were carrying out their objectives . ’ |