Example sentences of "[pers pn] carried [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just after the War I carried a few bags there . |
| 2 | For years I carried a secret guilt that when I had been wounded — and seven of my men killed — I had not done enough for them or those that remained . |
| 3 | I carried a tray across and set it down on the table in the window . |
| 4 | I carried a book with me everywhere , and read it desperately , over meals , in buses , even in the street . |
| 5 | Well I erm , I was , I was burgled about a year ago and I 'm am ex er , I 'm a retired criminal lawyer , and , but I , I felt that if I lived in the States and trained in the States and I carried a gun then and I felt very vulnerable in not having a gun because he , I was in my own home and he fist me with a knife |
| 6 | There 's er this other one here with a I carried a fish box out onto the wire and set it down and sat on it . |
| 7 | And I carried a very very big stock of sweets because there was such a variety . |
| 8 | I carried the mess , in the dustpan , into the garden . |
| 9 | I carried the ‘ job ’ through alone , |
| 10 | We docked ten minutes later , and Thessy and I carried the luggage out to the yard where the courtesy taxi shimmered in the heat . |
| 11 | I could n't have you , but I carried the memory of that day into every battle , into every stupid , meaningless council , to every siege . |
| 12 | I carried the coffee jug and filter and two cups back into the living-room and put them down on my coffee table , which sounds posh but in fact it doubles as a dining table , poker table and ironing-board . |
| 13 | She carried a tray with cups of tea and biscuits on it , which she laid down carefully on top of the chest of drawers . |
| 14 | She carried a bouquet of red roses , gold freesias , gypsophila and cream carnations . |
| 15 | Paula 's bag and shoes were patent black leather , her gloves white , and she carried a long walking umbrella neatly furled in its fur-trimmed case . |
| 16 | Her own bow was about her shoulders , her arrows were slung at her belt , and she carried a skin for water . |
| 17 | She carried a yellow scarf and had a jar of shit-brown cream in her hand , which she was trying to conceal behind her back . |
| 18 | Punctual , reliable and sensible , she carried a rape alarm in her car for the two-minute drive from home to the sports centre where she worked . |
| 19 | She carried a pair of sun glasses in her left hand and offered me her right hand , smiling as she shook mine . |
| 20 | She wore a swirling dress with something bright wrapped round the waist , and she carried a laundry basket . |
| 21 | A woman click-clacked past , her high heels dragging along as she carried a pile of heavy papers into a side-office . |
| 22 | Stella must remember that she carried a heavy responsibility for the good name of the theatre . |
| 23 | Hearing a knock , Miranda turned her head to the door as the housekeeper entered ; she carried a Victorian brass birdcage , in which was a dove . |
| 24 | After less than an hour , he deliberately nudged her as she carried a pile of plates . |
| 25 | She carried a cat . |
| 26 | She carried a large bouquet of white roses and pink carnations and her bridesmaids Eileen , Sarah and Kate , wore their pink taffeta dresses and carried white and pink chrysanthemums . |
| 27 | Jehana at Alexei 's side grasped the sleeve of his coat , and he saw that she carried a hiranu which was similar to his own , save that it was encased in a jewelled sheath and was strapped to the girdle which she now wore over her gown . |
| 28 | She carried a long pole which was draped with hanks of haigus wool , and she dropped it across the rails of the staging , then turned back into the gloom of the shop again . |
| 29 | At the end of a long gold chain she carried a Georgian spyglass which she applied in a rather menacing manner to a small , beady eye . |
| 30 | Her hands were clasped , and she carried a crystal rosary over one arm . |