Example sentences of "was pass from [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She scrutinised a dilapidated man on the pavement outside who was passing from rubbish bin to rubbish bin , rustling around inside and placing everything of interest in a plastic bag . |
| 2 | As the story was passed from lip to lip , the level of destruction became greater and greater , as did the area of the land destroyed . |
| 3 | Nina was passed from person to person . |
| 4 | She was passed from hand to hand . |
| 5 | Champagne corks popped inside the East Ham home and there was a special chocolate pudding for Farrah , who was passed from hand to hand . |
| 6 | Then , on D'Arcy 's insistence , he was passed from extension to extension . |
| 7 | At two Mina was passed from father to husband . |
| 8 | and one boy chose to write about plumbing and do you know , he found that there was nothing written down about plumbing in the early nineteen seventies there were one or two plumbing text books , they were very expensive and you could only get them through The Institute of Plumbers plumbing is something that until about nineteen seventy five was passed from father to son or uncle to nephew it was a sort of secret craft you know , you can |
| 9 | My story was that I was the orphaned son of my father 's long-lost younger brother , and only staying on occasional extended holidays on the island while I was passed from relative to relative and my future was decided . |
| 10 | Once the funeral was over and they were back in the parlour of the cosy farmhouse , the atmosphere lightened and Victoria was passed from group to group , chattering like an enchanting little doll . |