Example sentences of "which [vb past] through the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lloyd 's has already paid £620 million in the wake of Hurricane Andrew , which ripped through the southern states of the U.S. last August . |
| 2 | Schaffer was going to move into the cloakroom and take a look through the window , but as he grabbed his binoculars from the office there was a polite knock on the thick outer door which resounded through the hollow space of the building . |
| 3 | The night-light , burning steadily in its saucer , was unnecessary , its yellow gleam extinguished by the moonlight which streamed through the uncurtained windows . |
| 4 | A comparable recent conservation cause which went through the High Court and all the way to the Lords was an argument over navigational rights on the river Derwent . |
| 5 | Signe drove the old VW carefully — she was a good driver — and insisted upon taking me the prettiest way to Inkeroinen , which meant through the little side roads around Kouvola . |
| 6 | I yearned towards the mystical earnestness which saw through the outer facing of existence in a oneness and blinding intensity which went direct to some essence of being . |
| 7 | Finally , the £500 judges ' discretionary prize was divided between WaterAid which was commended for a coordinating cover and back-page tear off donation slip and telephone counsellors The Samaritans whose report was praised for spot colouring vital statistics and a single telephone conversation which ran through the right-hand pages of the report , thereby encouraging readers to finish it . |
| 8 | The Samaritans ' report was praised for a single telephone conversation which ran through the right-hand pages of the report , thereby encouraging readers to finish it |
| 9 | So , in his lack of business-like habits , Anselm was only exhibiting a defect which ran through the whole system . |
| 10 | In Greece , the Arcadian boys of Phigalia cut their hair and threw the locks into the river which ran through the wooded glen below the city . |
| 11 | which flashed through the cerebral tree |
| 12 | Kenny Davison , 25 , and sons Jonathan , 4 , and Damien , 2 , died in the fire which swept through the upper floor of their council house at Heol-y-Brenin , Hollywell . |
| 13 | This necessitated a step up in production in the people-factory which escalated through the whole system until his bath sponge ate him . |