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Sentences with carry over

car·ry o·ver
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  • Priestley's rational outlook in science carried over to religion. [V P + into/to]
  • We carried her over the bridge.
  • The rent was carried over to December.
  • Though the idea of placing wacky made-up characters in a real-life context was carried over from Da Ali G Show—wherein Buzz Aldrin was once asked if he was upset that Michael Jackson got all the credit for inventing the moonwalk—Sacha Baron Cohen’s Borat felt like something new, an attempt to square an improvised, guerrilla style of underground comedy with reality-TV stunt shows like Jackass or Fear Factor.
  • He carried her for a mile in his arms. This elevator cannot carry more than ten people.
  • He carries his knife in his pocket. He carries a cane.
  • The suitcase will carry enough clothes for a week.
  • The wind carried the sound. He carried the message to me.
  • The wind carried the balloon out of sight.
  • His wife is carrying twins.
  • To carry a case to a higher court; to carry a footnote to a new page.
  • These piers once carried an arch.
  • She carries her head high.
  • She carries herself with decorum.
  • The Giants carried the game to the Browns.
  • To carry the war into enemy territory.
  • The actor carried his audience with him.
  • The star carried the whole play.
  • This pipe carries water to the house.
  • Violation carries a penalty of five years in prison.
  • One decision carries another.
  • This land will not carry corn.
  • Our grain supply will carry the cattle through the winter. This money will carry us for about a week.
  • New students are advised not to carry more than 16 credits.
  • This boiler carries 190 pounds per square inch.
  • My voice carries farther than his.
  • The horse carries well.
  • In his academic and social life he carried all before him.
  • She is carrying her crusading too far.
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