Example sentences of "[vb past] through the [noun sg] of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shafts of sunlight gleamed through the avenue of trees , warming the air so that she felt no need to wear the jacket she had brought with her as a precaution against the temperamental nature of Danish weather , holding it casually instead over one arm , perfectly comfortable in the same linen dress she had worn the previous evening . |
| 2 | It had echoed after she 'd left him , as she 'd turned into the archway in the wall and passed through the shrubbery of azaleas and magnolias and tree mallows , as she 'd passed through the drawing-room and the hall . |
| 3 | They rode through the stink of pyres where local men were burning the bodies of the beasts killed the night before , and then the land dipped and they were back in the Dales proper with the hills behind them and some of the chill wind cut off . |
| 4 | as we walked , sunshine seeped through the canopy of branches , bathing the forest in clear pools of light , and women raking in the distance would be suddenly spotlit , their pine-needles turning from tawny to amber . |
| 5 | Had they been noticed and noted as they drove through the village of Nunes ? |
| 6 | A small white shape darted through the line of torches and came swiftly to the earth wall around the village . |
| 7 | Mr Clinton 's economic package squeaked through the House of Representatives by 219 votes to 213 . |
| 8 | The sunlight streamed through the row of windows above the fire-escape door , staining the carpet and the walls with oblong patches of gold . |
| 9 | He must know , because we told him and everybody else at the time , that the directive on pregnant women went through the Council of Ministers on the European Community a few weeks ago , with only the Italians voting against . |
| 10 | Chris took the chair and I went through the list of things that needed to be done to get us off the ground : a bank account , an address and telephone number somewhere , an eye-catching logo . |
| 11 | Rae rifled through the jumble of cassettes and hauled out seven unmarked possibilities . |
| 12 | As he spoke he flicked through the file of drawings , his expression giving absolutely nothing away . |
| 13 | He leafed through the stack of notes that was the result of their questioning everyone in the area about what they had seen that morning . |
| 14 | Idly , David leafed through the list of functions , pleasures and invitations which Carole had left on her bedside table . |
| 15 | Then he ran through the maze of feet . |
| 16 | Around her Tailis heard the strike of wood on wood ; a scream ; yells ; the frantic barking of the dogs as they ran through the confusion of hooves and legs . |