Example sentences of "[unc] voice [vb past] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 As Ariel 's voice reached through the darkness that had walled up Sycorax in pain , she tried to recall some of the things she had once known ; she murmured and found that when she did so Ariel stopped singing , so she tried not to remember out loud , but to save the retrieved pieces inside her so that the low , scraping voice of the girl she loved would not be interrupted .
2 ‘ We 're dying of bloody thirst over ere , ’ Billy 's voice growled from the fireplace .
3 Sylvie 's voice burst upon the room .
4 Willy 's voice came over the intercom .
5 Stan 's voice came over the loudspeaker as we left the quay and headed sea wards .
6 Wickham 's voice came over the entryphone .
7 Bertram Oldroyd 's voice came over the line .
8 Fred 's voice came through the headphones to her and she glanced towards the control-room , barely seeing the figures clustered behind the glass for the tears clouding her eyes .
9 Then Fred 's voice came through the steam again , this time accompanied by a cackle of laughter .
10 ‘ Clear call , ’ his team leader 's voice came through the earpiece .
11 A girl 's voice came on the line , repeated the number in English .
12 He had almost decided to hang up when a man 's voice came on the line , sounding muzzy and oddly worried .
13 Bridget 's voice came on the line and , within minutes , the whole thing was arranged .
14 Before he could conceal himself again , Mandru 's voice came across the space between them .
15 Otley 's voice came from the trees on the river bank and suddenly he was in the water hauling me out .
16 Beside her , Teal 's voice trembled in the darkness .
17 Jim Lewis 's voice intruded into the tension .
18 Brightly patterned bunk covers and matching curtains provided splashes of colour , and , having examined each one in turn , she was about to leave number four when Silas 's voice spoke from the doorway .
19 Maria 's voice shook with the force of the rage and resentment his arrogance incited .
20 ‘ Wait ! ’ a girl 's voice shouted from the back of the court .
21 With no cushion of bodies to soak up the sound , Garvey 's voice ricocheted off the house and chapel walls , and added an eerie aftermath to every sentence .
22 Nate , go git a bucket of cold water an ’ throw it over ‘ em , ’ Curtis 's voice rasped from the door .
23 Joseph 's voice rose above the uproar , barking , ‘ Horses !
24 From the other side , their mother 's voice rose in the darkness .
25 Spittals ' voice rose above the chaos with the natural authority of one who was used to being obeyed .
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