Example sentences of "carried [pers pn] [adv prt] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 She picked him up in her arms and carried him back to bed .
2 Item that Richard Curteys of Battle … entered the liberty of this lordship and made an assult on Richard Knyght against the peace by night ; and with a strong hand , with force and arms , to wit , with swords , bows and arrows , they unjustly took him outside the aforesaid lordship and carried him off to Battle , within the liberty and town of the abbot of Battle , against the peace .
3 He was reaching-for the blue directory when Anne came back with Abigail in her arms , so Adam took her and carried her back to bed himself and tucked her in and kissed her .
4 Tom put the bone in his shirt and carried it back to camp ’ .
5 He shouldered the mattress and carried it back to Hut 2 , and slung it up onto his bunk , and threw the pillow and blanket after it .
6 None of this would be worth remark if the narrative carried us along by virtue of its own strength , but it hardly does .
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