The house passed through various hands during the 19th century.
I had seen such things pass through my father's hands before.
While in this office, $11 million passed through his hands.
"A lot of girls you mean have passed through her hands."
Some strange and beautiful things passed through our hands in those days.
Anybody who ever tried to pass a message through several hands knows how easy it is for something to go wrong.
So probably the decision about Thomas's fate had already passed through several hands.
After his death in 1936, the property passed through different hands for twenty years.
She had begun to read what was passing through her hands.
In fact, he kept a portion for himself of all that passed through his hands.