Example sentences of "be [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was reported , for instance , that of the nationally mixed marriages in Turkmenia from the 1920s to the 1970s , not a single one had been between a Turkmen girl and a Russian man . |
| 2 | She has been through a marriage , a divorce , and a serious love affair ; learnt Russian , written regularly for a local paper and taught a young child disabled by a stroke to read again . |
| 3 | The convoy has already been through a Soviet Checkpoint at Marienborn on the West/East German border , Where the numbers of men and vehicles have been thoroughly checked . |
| 4 | Diana arrived at Sandringham that weekend having just been through a most traumatic period . |
| 5 | Moved by her obvious concern , he had written to explain that he had been through a bad time , but was better now . |
| 6 | By now God and Abraham have been through a great deal together . |
| 7 | Harry Enfield has just been through a tough day auditioning people for his new BBC comedy series . |
| 8 | ‘ Nolan 's been through a lot , ’ Fiona said excusingly . |
| 9 | I know he 's been through a lot , I know you 're fond of him , but he and Sam should n't be in the same room together just now . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Ronnie Moran and Roy Evans have been through a lot and seen a lot of players come and go . |
| 11 | New Zealand 's economy has probably been through a more dramatic recent revolution than that of any other Western country . |
| 12 | Although all staff will have been through a thorough central basic training course ( see Chapter 6 ) much additional training and supervision is still needed back in the bureau . |
| 13 | It was said in his defence that he had been through a tough war as an Infantry NCO and the award of the Military Medal was proof of his bravery . |
| 14 | CONTACT GROUPS These are usually for people who have a particular social problem in common or have just been through a similar trauma , like divorce or bereavement . |
| 15 | You and your body have been through a lot of stressful experiences , both good and bad , and it could be as long as two weeks before you feel like doing anything except the most gently of runs . |
| 16 | The intense moments of pain and fear that gripped me were too remote to be understood by anyone who has not been through a similar experience . |
| 17 | You and Brian have been through a lot , living in different emergency housing places . |
| 18 | Many women left not knowing if they had been attacked or simply been through a formal examination . ’ |
| 19 | Mr Whinnett said : ‘ I am not a psychiatrist , but if someone has been through a traumatic experience I have to consider that it could happen . |
| 20 | He added : ‘ If anyone has been through a traumatic experience , it takes a long time to unwind . |
| 21 | WE have been through a lot in the press . |
| 22 | Some elderly people have been through a divorce leaving a residue of ambivalent feelings and some social isolation ( Hunt , 1978 , Table 12:8:1 ) . |
| 23 | If you have been through a divorce , you must have asked yourself , what if I 'd handled things differently ? |
| 24 | A spokeswoman there said last night : ‘ She has been through a terrible ordeal . |
| 25 | ‘ We both have been through a frightening , traumatic ordeal , ’ said David Kerr . |
| 26 | ‘ They are old friends and they have been through a lot worse than this over the years . |
| 27 | ‘ But he and Jerry have been through a lot together and I 'm sure they will sort things out , ’ he added . |
| 28 | Right now the relationship 's good ; he 's like an old friend , we 've been through a lot of shit together . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I 've been through a lot of stuff because of it . |
| 30 | But it probably helped our friendship , because we 've been through a lot since then . |