Example sentences of "carried it [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I spent most of my childhood holidays chasing our tent along the tops of cliffs in the middle of the night as gale-force winds carried it towards the sea . |
| 2 | After deliberating for a little while , the priest selected one and carried it towards the fire . |
| 3 | She poured herself a glass of orange juice and carried it up the stairs to her room . |
| 4 | He took a mouthful of the secret vodka , savouring it , carried it to the door , listened . |
| 5 | After transferring the fish gently to the bag , I carried it to the oxygen cylinder . |
| 6 | He pushed her aside and unclipped the 331b launcher from the tripod then carried it to the back of the van where he dumped it on to the grey blanket which they had used to cover it . |
| 7 | I put the small boat on my shoulders and carried it to the edge of the water , then I put it in the sea . |
| 8 | When he was satisfied they were doing it correctly he picked up the head of the dead buffalo and carried it to the river . |
| 9 | Melissa took the tray from her and carried it to the buffet , while Juliette covered her face with a towel . |
| 10 | Juliette picked up the tray of crockery and carried it to the dishwasher . |
| 11 | Folding the lids of the box together , I hoisted it under my left arm and carried it to the Fire Exit . |
| 12 | Finally , she snatched up the envelope from the table where she 'd left it and carried it to the one window that might , if she were lucky , catch a vagrant breeze from the river a block away . |
| 13 | Surgeons at Middlesbrough General sewed back on Aaron Solomon 's thumb after his dad carried it to the hospital , packed in ice . |
| 14 | She carried it through the back-door and ran with it all the way to Fred 's house . |
| 15 | He just stood looking down at her for a moment , his eyes still pleading , and then abruptly he turned and picked up the tray and carried it into the kitchen for her . |
| 16 | ‘ I gathered it up , ’ he was to say , ‘ I actually scooped up the evil hungering thing in my arms and carried it into the house and laid it down by the fire . ’ |
| 17 | Going through to the kitchen , she made herself a hot drink , and carried it into the room where the fire was at last beginning to heat up the air a little . |
| 18 | She lit one and carried it into the ballroom , where the silver light from a large moon cast shadows on to the wood floor . |
| 19 | I thereupon emptied it , tore it apart , carried it into the Drawing room , put it together again and restored the contents . |
| 20 | The impetus of the initial onslaught carried it into the outskirts of Vaux village and to the very edge of the fort . |
| 21 | Jack found a piece of driftwood , its gnarled form worn totally smooth by the action of the waves , and they decided it would look wonderful in his barn hung on the brickwork chimney-breast , so he carried it for the rest of the morning until they returned to their little camp at lunchtime . |
| 22 | They carried it in the late-morning edition . |
| 23 | Subsequent analyses of observations from that day , when the satellite was well-placed for observations , showed a short burst of gamma and X-rays followed about a minute later by energetic neutrons that kept on coming until the satellite 's orbit carried it behind the earth . |
| 24 | ‘ Carried it behind the wall . ’ |
| 25 | Silently Mary put some of the letters on to the edge of the tray , wedged against the silver teapot , and carried it from the room . |