Example sentences of "[be] carry the " in BNC.

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1 I stared into the mist until my eyes hurt , ahead , off both quarters , in case we 'd been carried the other way , even astern .
2 ‘ Well , there 's no village here and we 're carrying the barrow for you . ’
3 ‘ You 're carrying the future of the human race here , ’ cried Chico .
4 You 're carrying the pan of three
5 Sometimes better ( > ) for passive motion ; they want to be carried the whole time but even then they may not be quietened for long and will demand to be carried by someone else .
6 Of course the parallel between ontogeny and phylogeny can not be carried the whole way through — prehistoric human beings did not look like newborn babies — but there are various reasons why we might expect the early stages of embryonic development to have some relation to the early stages of our evolution .
7 In addition , there are 15,000 people known to be HIV-positive and twice as many believed to be carrying the virus without requesting medical help .
8 But it is believed that between 50,000 and 100,000 people in this country , who are free of symptoms are likely to be carrying the virus .
9 The theoretical wheel load was about 20 tons , but since the wheels were in pairs , and not suspended on flexible bogeys , unless the rails were level , the wheels on the higher level might be carrying the load for the pair .
10 For many years it had been thought that high fever had certain curative properties , and some patients were deliberately exposed to mosquitoes which were known to be carrying the malarial parasite in the hope that the resulting infection and high temperature would have a beneficial effect on the disease process .
11 ‘ But surely someone should be carrying the can for everything that 's gone on . ’
12 An acupuncturist at the clinic was found to be carrying the virus , which infects the liver .
13 According to the preliminary results published in The Lancet , the three-year trial , organized jointly by Britain 's Medical Research Council and the French National AIDS Research Agency , has shown no evidence that treatment with AZT delays the onset of AIDS in patients known to be carrying the HIV virus .
14 Yeah you spoke to , you , you should be carrying the antidote anyway
15 It was n't purely coincidental that she happened to be carrying the details of previous work experience , for she 'd expected that the secretarial agency might want to see them .
16 The Library 's budget is very tight this year , and there have already been questions over whether the Library should be carrying the cost of the large number of pesticide-related publications we currently take .
17 I 'm carrying the aeroplane .
18 His friends tried to console hi , but he could n't help thinking about the £9,300 percentage that would have been his had he been carrying the bag on the day .
19 There were a few anxious moments , but as soon as I pulled on the glove she came straight at me , low and very fast indeed , much swifter of course than she could have done if she had still been carrying the equipment .
20 Initially he will work for Carr O'Connell Book Marketing , the freelance team which has been carrying the Headline list since his accident , with the aim of returning to Headline full-time in April .
21 The serving wench who had been carrying the General 's spare hand in a cardboard box stepped out on to the balcony to join us .
22 The R.S. he had had so proudly stamped on the front was fading now , and the leather strap had almost worn through , so lately I had been carrying the satchel under my arm : Tata would never have considered buying me a new one while the .
23 Been carrying the lawn around with him .
24 Already more children may be dying with AIDS than from famine and 11 million are carrying the virus HIV , 1 in 250 of all adults worldwide .
25 The cadets are carrying the SA-80 rifle
26 ‘ They are the people who are carrying the long glorious story of Britain forward across the years .
27 do n't you realize you are carrying the answer to your problem around with you ? ’
28 It is as though you are carrying the work of the day with you .
29 ’ If we really are carrying the Ardakkean phetam … ’ she began .
30 He says : ‘ In the current recession , which is biting further and further into the North-East , small businesses feel that they are carrying the main thrust of the banking community 's claw back of their lending . ’
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