Example sentences of "been [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | We 're hoping — Andy has been through hell |
| 32 | And Salford-born Phelan , who has signed a five-year deal , admitted : ‘ My family and I have been through hell in the past couple of weeks and signing for City is such a relief . |
| 33 | ‘ He 's been through hell these past two years trying to come to terms with the loss of his family . |
| 34 | And in its star system , the accolades go to the miners — they 've been through hell , fire , earth and water to become hardened into heroes . |
| 35 | Here was someone who had been through hell , but still could forgive the bombers , while pleading with them to realise the tragedy they were causing . |
| 36 | I 've been through hell , Rachel , believing you had the same problem as me , and I was the man you wanted to go to bed with but could n't stand personally . ’ |
| 37 | WE 'VE BEEN THROUGH FIRE AND WATER — AND A LOT MORE — TO BRING YOU CARPETING THAT LEADS IN QUALITY AND VALUE |
| 38 | When you 've been through death and live again you 're changed all through . |
| 39 | I 've , I 've been through death and I 've conquered death . |
| 40 | ‘ I suppose , ’ he remarked drily , ‘ you have already been through Sir Ralph 's papers ? ’ |
| 41 | Almost all previous contact with the Board had been through courses of one or two days duration — mostly held on a trainee 's farm ( but also at local education colleges in England and Wales ) , with up to 70% of the time being spent on trainee participation and practice . |
| 42 | An important way to the heart of the client 's business has been through technology : computers and data networks . |
| 43 | I know that you 've been through husbands until now th y y , the feller you 're living with , your seventh husband is not e , you 're e actually married to him . |
| 44 | He had never before been through Customs and Immigration at Heathrow . |
| 45 | He stole the baggage after it had been through customs . ’ |
| 46 | ‘ If Frankie had already signed , then he would have been aboard Musicale today , ’ said Sangster . |
| 47 | This may have been for meals during the day while living elsewhere , or perhaps it was to make existing accommodation there more adequate for his use . |
| 48 | The original proposal had been for PR in the cities but this was opposed by Unionists who were concerned to protect the efficacy of the business vote ; Central Office also opposed the alternative vote when it was put forward in the debates , and the majority of Unionist MPs and the National Union never backed either system . |
| 49 | He went on , ‘ If it had n't been for Bertha sticking to her guns over the question of the house , I 'd have been married to Doreen by now — and that would have been a disaster . ’ |
| 50 | But that had been for women with no man to protect them , so they had to do whatever they could and were respected for it . |
| 51 | That first contract had been for America , and then came Russia , France , Italy , Germany , South America , the list is endless . |
| 52 | Although the Church was slow off the mark following the population migration and concentration in the expanding towns during the Industrial Revolution , failure has not been for want of trying . |
| 53 | I am afraid that it has not been a success and that has certainly not been for want of effort from him but I think we just have to write that one off . |
| 54 | It could not have been for lack of qualifications , for Moira had served seven years on the BBC 's General Advisory Council and four years as a director of Border Television ; so one can only assume it was because of my Liberal Party connections . |
| 55 | If it had not been for Adam 's quick eyes we might never have seen anything amiss . |
| 56 | There are old records for every month except August and September , but the records since 1946 have been for April ( one ) , May ( one ) , June ( two ) , October ( four ) , November ( 13 ) , and December ( one ) . |
| 57 | Crucial as this innovation may have been for co-ordination , it has contributed to an increased sense of ‘ distance ’ between policy makers and implementers in a policy system that operates primarily in a unified , top-down , manner . |
| 58 | Had it not been for anti-depressant drugs and psychitaric help , he says he could easily have taken his own life . |
| 59 | The intention at that time had been for Ian and myself to return to Uist by the ferry in the afternoon but the weather was so bad that the ferryman decided not to chance his luck in the storm . |
| 60 | Since then , however , standard procedure has been for patrols to study photographs , names and addresses of suspects before leaving security force bases . |