Example sentences of "it [verb] pass [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In quick succession it has passed through three lives . |
| 2 | Over the years , it has passed through many hands since Sir John Winter established it , including members of the Foley and Lloyd families . |
| 3 | A paper by the Russian scientist D. Ivanovsky , published in 1892 and often regarded as the beginning of the science of virology , describes how a disease of tobacco plants can be transmitted by the sap after it has passed through a filter capable of retaining bacteria and other particles . |
| 4 | Devonport 's proposal to convert reclaimed land at Rosyth for oil tanker work — which it has passed to both the Ministry of Defence and the Department of Trade and Industry — initially caught the Babcock Thorn management unawares . |
| 5 | ‘ It has been lowered over my head many times , and then , as I have reached up to smite it , it has passed before me and consumed many people . |
| 6 | It is only when the fibre-rich food leaves the stomach that it starts passing through the body at a faster pace , giving the well-documented health benefits . |
| 7 | And it came to pass in those days , that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed . |
| 8 | so let it come to pass for you and the manservant were yield so that particular was all about faith , so |
| 9 | It had passed to Evelina in the days when a Burne-Jones was not worth twopence and goodness knew what Evelina had done with it . |
| 10 | The effect of rescission is that property ( title ) , if it had passed to the buyer , reverts to the seller . |
| 11 | So far discussion has been limited to discussing the beneficiary 's ability to recover the trust property where it had passed into the hands of a third party : in principle the beneficiary was able to follow it , but his claim could be barred depending on the nature of the acquisition by the third party . |
| 12 | Most of it had passed over Vologsky 's head . |
| 13 | Without doubt the train was following them and it had passed over several fog detonators without setting them off . |
| 14 | Closed as a church in 1970 , it had passed through several owners , all of whom had had different plans for the building , the final one being to open it as a World War II museum . |
| 15 | His Etymological and Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language ( 1871 ) was immensely popular with the general public — by 1918 it had passed through eighteen editions . |
| 16 | It had passed for the thirteenth time when she returned her attention to the bead of light , and caught her breath . |