Example sentences of "they had been through " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even before the change , many of the policies , by the time they had been through the rather over-bureaucratic structures , became distorted and did not benefit the peasants to the extent that they should have done . |
| 2 | They had been through his things . |
| 3 | They worked on through the files for the rest of the morning , a routine they had been through so often that they commented mostly in half-sentences or barely audible grunts . |
| 4 | That hurt , especially after all they had been through together . |
| 5 | Besides , they had been through enough together for Colonel Windsor to know that Tubby was a man — or , at least , he had been . |
| 6 | She did not feel very close to her mother , although they had been through some rough times together : |
| 7 | Now they and their mothers could share more things because they had been through the same experiences — something that happens with older mothers and their parents as well . |
| 8 | They had been through all this before , or at least their genes had . |
| 9 | They had been through all this before . |
| 10 | ‘ I have n't been drinking , Harvey , ’ she said patiently , as if this was a dialogue they had been through many times before . |
| 11 | If it was them , they had been through the house very , very carefully . |