Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] been through " in BNC.

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1 We 're hoping — Andy has been through hell
2 In November , he warned that if the likes of IBM and DEC did n't implement drastic measures they 'd go through ‘ Holy Heck ’ — DG has been through that and if the company is confident about one thing , it is that the worst is over .
3 ‘ I am convinced that much of the success achieved by the Arsenal has been through the team quickly sensing a weakness in the opposition , ’ Chapman commented .
4 Stanley Spencer had been through the war ; he had experienced the horror , the vulgarity , of war .
5 Bernice had been through a lot in the days they had been separated and he was proud of her .
6 According to Mills , the United States had been through five epochs .
7 A mole working inside Cranborne School had supplied them with a mailing-list of all Muslim parents whose children had been rejected by ‘ This is a Christian Country ’ Gyles , the Junior School headmaster , and Robert and Maisie had been through the telephone directory , picking out anyone with a Muslim-sounding name .
8 ‘ The North has been through hard times but things are changing , ’ he said .
9 ‘ The North has been through some hard times , and things are changing .
10 But Mr Bond has been through it all before .
11 Speaking in the wake of an 86-hour bombing blitz which is expected to run to almost £30m — nearly a third of the total compensation bill for the past 12 months — he conceded the people of Northern Ireland had been through ‘ a harsh time ’ .
12 All this activity left little time for photography but , even after returning to the States to continue his work for the FSA , Delano never lost sight of the fact that his introduction to Puerto Rico had been through a camera .
13 Dr Williams has been through the ranks of the order and now holds the post of County Surgeon for County Durham .
14 Jesus has been through the agony in the garden he 's been arrested he 's been abandoned by his apostles he 's been through a trial and he has actually been through the crucifixion and he 's been buried in the tomb .
15 Over the years Muir has been through thick and thin with Tranmere , and has been worth his weight in gold .
16 The United Kingdom has been through 13 years in which unemployment has more than doubled , irreplaceable assets have been wasted , markets at home and abroad have been lost , manufacturing investment has fallen , poverty has increased , the crime rate has rocketed , and talents have been neglected .
17 Hendry had been through sweet and sour on the weekend .
18 Littlewoods has been through the classic problems of succession for a company built by a single man .
19 Shareholders in Unisys have been through so much misery , the fear that the IBM mainframe blight will soon infect the company is so great that no reasonable offer for the company is likely to be refused — and while the Unisys debt burden is now manageable , it is still onerous for a company of Unisys ' size , but AT&T 's credit remains almost as good as gold .
20 You and Brian have been through a lot , living in different emergency housing places .
21 Rather hoary for a start-up , Mentalix has been through a couple of iterations beginning as a consultant and going on to develop scanner interfaces for the old Apollo workstation .
22 Nolan 's been through a lot , ’ Fiona said excusingly .
23 By now God and Abraham have been through a great deal together .
24 Larry has been through it all .
25 The great , I mean , you 've a valid point and I think it 's due to the recession in America , I think we were disappointed were we not Bruce , that the results of our trip to er , New York State , and this has nothing to do with the enthusiasm of the business people we met there , everything to do , in my view , with the fact that the recession , and America 's been through a very tough recession , they just do n't look to expand elsewhere , but the reaction we had in , in er , in America was very , very powerful of , of a wish to want to do something when things look better .
26 BLACKBURN 'S Kevin Moran has been through the lot in nearly 20 years as a top class defender .
27 Well , Walter had been through the same things , but he wanted to put them down on paper .
28 He admitted that he and Hillary had been through marriage difficulties , but insisted ( helped by some Hollywood training ) that they are now deeply in love .
29 ‘ Ronnie Moran and Roy Evans have been through a lot and seen a lot of players come and go .
30 ‘ But he and Jerry have been through a lot together and I 'm sure they will sort things out , ’ he added .
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