Example sentences of "which [vb past] through " in BNC.
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| 1 | They knew the names of certain French dishes and gave orders to Jarveys in high pitched provincial voices , which pierced through their skin-tight accents . |
| 2 | The critics were more enthusiastic about Dustin 's performance as the eccentric clerk than about the play , which limped through eleven performances , although it and Dustin won Obie awards — off-Broadway 's equivalent of the Tony . |
| 3 | On certain days , it was said , a tramcar of unusual design was seen circulating slowly along the lines which passed through the poorest and most deprived slums in the city . |
| 4 | In recent years a bypass was built , considerably lessening the load of traffic which passed through the village , and a period of comparative peace was enjoyed . |
| 5 | Every musical form which passed through his hands emerged immeasurably the richer . |
| 6 | But overworked officers at Dover had managed to inspect only 2,000 of the 2 million lorries which passed through Dover last year . |
| 7 | ‘ Homme qui tombe ’ a rare bronze by Giacometti from the collection of Richard and Dorothy Rodgers , which passed through London dealer Thomas Gibson 's hands in 1987 at $750,000 , sold far above estimate for $1.35 million ( £900,000 ) . |
| 8 | The bailie apparently also read the correspondence which passed through his hands , perhaps as part of his own political activities , or he would not have learned of the contents of the letter in question , but in any event his adherence to the Duke of Argyll 's friend , Sir Peter Halkett , did him no harm and he was still postmaster of Stirling in 1755 , when his ill-health and reported nearness to death induced Lord John Murray to seek the post , in the event of Maiben 's death , for a Stirling surgeon who was a son of James Graham of Bowhaple , a Perthshire freeholder . |
| 9 | A map recovered from the wreckage showed a direct track drawn between Blackbushe and Cranfield which passed through the north west comer of the Luton special rules zone . |
| 10 | A crewman in Samoa , which passed through the Sunda Straits shortly after the eruption , described seeing bodies and pumice stretching all the way to the horizon . |
| 11 | The outer skin of any craft which passed through the air barrier of a force field stored static electricity like a giant capacitor . |
| 12 | It protected the entrance to a tunnel which passed through the wall , and Rostov was amazed at its length . |
| 13 | What I saw was staggering for the line which passed through those three points apparently intersected three others — a standing stone , just off the Marlborough Road , a bi-section of two round barrows — the line passed cleanly through the narrow gap between them , and finally the most important of all — the west end of the West Kennet long barrow . |
| 14 | Girobank handled £47m in retail deposits and transactions last year , which the bank says works out at £1 in every £3 which passed through the nation 's tills . |
| 15 | When the Prince of Asturias put a candle in his window to start a riot against his father , he called into existence a process which led through constitutional monarchy to a democratic republic . |
| 16 | ‘ We keep a welcome for all , ’ said Francie in his voice which creaked through lack of use . |
| 17 | Fisher & Paykel was the most northerly of the line , which ranged through Steinlager 2 , Rothmans and Merit to the south-east . |
| 18 | Fisher & Paykel was the most northerly of the line , which ranged through Steinlager 2 , Rothmans and Merit to the south-east . |
| 19 | For five months , Marina has called the cellar home , ever since Serbian soldiers lobbed grenades which crashed through the roof and blew apart her parents ' flat . |
| 20 | The three were alleged to have been part of a 30-strong gang which rampaged through the park on April 19 , 1989 , making a series of unprovoked attacks which culminated in the gang-rape of the jogger who was left unconscious with severe head injuries . |
| 21 | " She 's in voluntary liquidation , " said Martha , but she fetched a piece of old towelling and began to rub the cat , which squinted through the folds of white material like Lazarus through the grave-clothes . |
| 22 | Yet the spirit of excitement which came through each TV showing of the battles between happi-coated teams was an inspiration that called out for adoption . |
| 23 | Though tragically killed in a recent motorbike accident , Madra was an undisputed maestro of the art , as well as an easy and informative friend whom I had known for some time , so it was a shock to witness the epic genius which came through him , and the transformation which both he and his audience underwent in that open village square the first time I saw him perform . |
| 24 | The windows are now boarded up , but the rocks which came through them still litter the floor . |
| 25 | On Dec. 10 , French forces shot dead two Somalis and wounded seven aboard a truck which drove through a roadblock . |
| 26 | ‘ Claudia , ’ he warned , and , shrinking from the heat of his hand which burned through her trousers like a red-hot iron , she stammered his name . |
| 27 | WRECKED : Burnt-out cars blitzed by the fireball which roared through the plant |
| 28 | After a time we turned inland on a rough track which climbed through ravines into the desert hills . |
| 29 | ‘ Soon after that a different Man came by car and he put me in a carrier cage and took me into the darkness of a long journey , over bumpy roads , on to a ship , and into the most terrible place of all , an iron cage with obscured windows , which raced through the night clattering and clattering , a regular rhythm of metallic sound . |
| 30 | It was in that office on the fourth floor that I heard and felt the city of Dublin roar and shudder with the explosion of three massive bombs which ripped through the heart of the city and its people . |