Example sentences of "carry [adv] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 You can usually carry on with a sport you enjoy so long as you feel comfortable .
2 A company employing ten workers might lay off two in bad times ; ten self-employed workers would probably carry on with a 20% reduction in their turnover rather than voluntarily go on the dole .
3 ‘ You did n't exactly carry on like a pacifist yourself , ’ she retorted evasively , mouth reproachful .
4 A charcuterie in Aurillac or Vic-sur-Cère or some other small but locally important town will possibly provide a pâté the like of which you never tasted before , or a locally cured ham , a few slices of which you will buy and carry away with a salad , a kilo of peaches , a bottle of Monbazillac and a baton of bread , and somewhere on a hillside amid the mile upon mile of golden broom or close to a splashing waterfall you will have , just for once , the ideal picnic .
5 An animal capable of symbolization can carry away from a situation an inner trace that stands in for the response it may make when it next encounters the situation .
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