Example sentences of "went [prep] a [adj] period " in BNC.
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| 1 | I went through a long period of thinking of having him adopted . |
| 2 | Chairman Alan Potts explained : ‘ The Club went through a bad period in the eighties but happily we resolved the problems . ’ |
| 3 | Marconi 's company went through a difficult period ; Marconi had to put all his own money into it for its survival . |
| 4 | The period 1860–90 was crucial for Germany : as the German state emerged and the German self-image was formed , Prussia-Germany went through a chaotic period of social and economic transformation : a boom in canal and railway building , in the steel industry , in banking , engineering , scientific research and in developing industrial techniques had been accompanied by a war with France ; this was followed by a slump , financial collapse and a steady move to the right in political thinking . |
| 5 | He went through a brief period of chatting to the customers down at the bank about how he had seen someone come back from the dead . |
| 6 | She had intended to say , ‘ Because I went through a promiscuous period after I left Sam , and it was a hateful , shameful , humiliating time , and I 'll never let it happen again . ’ |
| 7 | Subsequently , barbel fishing went through a slack period when interest was lost through an increased enthusiasm for game fishing . |
| 8 | They went into a quiet period a few years ago it was very quiet erm but er yes they 're they 're going strong . |