Example sentences of "[conj] [noun pl] [vb past] through the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 She could n't see their features , because they wore facemasks and goggles — not without reason , for when they tipped the ladles to pour , white-hot metal splashed like pancake batter and sparks flew through the air .
2 Horsemen rode among the infantry , and waggons clattered through the forest , butting against trees , being forced through marshy ground and over fallen trunks .
3 Men and ( especially ) women , pacifists and Communists , Liberal , Labour and ( some ) Tory activists , Co-operators and Christians trudged through the streets distributing and collecting Ballot forms and — despite the organizers ' pretentions to scientific objectivity — persuading people to declare their support for the League of Nations .
4 The gunmen kept firing and bullets went through the victim , injuring the youth trapped underneath him .
5 Demons and angels flew through the air ; there were wonderful scene-changes ; there was a great storm in Erminia and at the end of Sant' Alessio a great cloud descended and then opened to reveal the glory of Paradise .
6 There were earthenware pots for sale , and men rode through the crowd on horseback .
7 It might have been the scene of slaughter that brought tears to Frito 's eyes as Goblins and Wolves marauded through the camp slaying the fleeing Halflings like startled rabbits .
8 Three people died when tornadoes howled through the sunshine state 's west coast — only six weeks after Hurricane Andrew killed 40 people and flattened thousands of homes south of Miami .
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