Example sentences of "sun [verb] through the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The setting sun flickered through the trunks of the palm trees along the track , disappearing into haze before it reached the horizon . |
| 2 | Visible light from the sun passes through the atmosphere to the earth 's surface . |
| 3 | In the course of a year the Sun passes through the 12 constellations of the Zodiac . |
| 4 | The westering sun came through the kitchen window and glinted on her fine , nervous arms , her brown , slender throat . |
| 5 | For a few minutes the sun glimmered through the mist to my right , a red ball just risen above the mountain . |
| 6 | By noon the rain had stopped and already the trees and grass in the orchard were almost dry as the hot sun shone through the leaves . |
| 7 | She let go of the cabinet , coughing in the dust of ages that appeared to be lurking behind it , and smiled back at him as the February sun shone through the small window behind her , throwing into sharp relief the patches on the wall where her predecessor had hung posters , and the ingrained dirt on the flaking paintwork round the mean , narrow , metal window . |
| 8 | Wind rattled and swayed the trees and filled my ears with the old songs of the land , and the sun shone through the moving boughs in shimmering ever-changing patterns . |
| 9 | Later , inside the hut , the first rays of sun shone through the birch-bark roof , lighting it up like red cellophane and tinting the loose pine-needles on the floor the colour of ripe apricots . |
| 10 | A weak sun shone through the dispersing clouds , sending misty rays of light dancing through the trees and turning their necklaces of raindrops into sparkling gems . |
| 11 | A brilliant sun shone through the trees . |
| 12 | It came down like an oily green avalanche , piling up into a mountain of folds , but no one bothered about it because the sun shone through the dusty , cobwebbed windows and made Jekub glow . |
| 13 | Izzie played her pipe softly , breathily , while the sun shone through the stained-glass angel on to her face . |
| 14 | Lucenzo cast off , heading the boat towards a lovely little island ahead , set in an expanse of flat water , shining like a silver sheet in the weak sun breaking through the mist . |
| 15 | The afternoon sun filtered through the leaves of Bella 's plants and made delicate , trembling patterns on her walls . |
| 16 | Sun slanted through the canopy of vines straight into her eyes , forcing her to close them and precipitating what she 'd feared . |
| 17 | The one consolation that the adventurers have is that it stops raining , and the sun breaks through the clouds — although its light is watery and without warmth . |
| 18 | The sun breaks through the hazy Teesside smog just as the show kicks off with the release of hundreds of helium-filled balloons about as environmentally-friendly as the tall factory chimneys they fly past . |
| 19 | Luke and Sonny had taken off their jackets and high hard collars and now sat with their shirt sleeves rolled up , the noon sun shining through the windows warming their backs . |
| 20 | Wood descended to 3,000 ‘ ft ‘ to improve their view , as visibility was hindered by wisps of cloud and the early morning sun shining through the haze . |
| 21 | I was also reminded that on the same floor I woke up one morning to find the sun shining through the curtains , it being the only day of the entire Frankfurt Book Fair that my room was not below cloud level . |
| 22 | It began with the morning sun shining through the curtains of their bedroom , dappling the wall over Len 's still , sleeping form . |
| 23 | Puzzled , his eyes strayed along the line of saints , taking in each from head to foot until the sun shining through the last one dazzled him and his face wrinkled up . |
| 24 | We sat down and talked for a while before setting off towards Hawes , as the sun broke through the clouds and the dog pulled him downhill towards the cairns . |
| 25 | He stepped out into the square and lit his pipe just as a watery sun broke through the clouds . |
| 26 | The early summer sun streamed through the yellow Provençal-print curtains of the kitchen and illuminated a room in which the only sound was the faint crunch of toast in their mouths . |
| 27 | The sun streamed through the horn-glazed windows and Bonaventure stretched out , relaxing after a good night 's hunting . |
| 28 | The winter sun reached through the bare branches of the limes , making bars of startling light and shade that flickered in the carriage like a pyrotechnic display . |
| 29 | The sun struck through the open window on to my bare arm . |
| 30 | With the sun slanting through the window , giving your hair a reddish glow and shadowing your face , you could be a Reubens come to life , or maybe a Van Dyck . |