Example sentences of "who [was/were] [verb] through the " in BNC.
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| 1 | For there might be heard the buzz of the spinning wheel , and the hum and songs of those who were carrying out the labours of the day ; and the merry jests and greetings sent down to those who were passing through the streets . |
| 2 | In addition to this the men who were passing through the camp after the first year often had a different view of the war from those who had been there since before the fall of France . |
| 3 | They were work , and the students , who were paying through the nose for them , were grim , resentful and bloody-minded . |
| 4 | The hammock , which was slung from a long pole carried on the shoulders of two men , was used for transporting the sick and infirm across rough country terrain and , in and around Funchal , for the rich and for the tourists who were carried through the dirty , and sometimes muddy , streets . |
| 5 | The idea was that light waves traveled at a speed of 186,000 miles a second through the ether , which meant that an observer who was at rest relative to the ether would measure the speed of light to be about 186,000 miles a second , but an observer who was moving through the ether would measure a higher or lower speed . |
| 6 | I cried to Catherine , who was passing through the kitchen . |
| 7 | Despite Desert Orchid 's star status , he still found time to welcome the smallest horse in the world who was peeping through the crush of onlookers . |
| 8 | Finn sucked gently on his cigarette and looked across the table at Gregson , who was peering through the window into the street beyond . |