Example sentences of "they [verb] been [verb] through " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 'd been strolling through the individual gardens within the whole for more than two hours , while Rune told her about the traditions of the gardens and how , despite attempts at imitation , they remained unique in Europe — if not the world — before they reached the area set aside for the funfair and he suggested she might like a ride on some of the attractions . |
| 2 | They 've been going through all the lorries that 've come into Dover today with some sort of connection with the Balkans . |
| 3 | Many had great dents in them , as if they had been drawn through fences and over walls , and had taken the rough side of the hill . |
| 4 | They had been driving through Wales , to the sea , and Carrie had turned off the main road into a narrow valley and said , this was where she and Uncle Nick had lived for a while in the war , would they like to stop the night and see ? |
| 5 | They have been selected through prior quantitative analysis of surveys in these areas , an analysis identifying those particular individuals who have been very active in national and/or public life . |
| 6 | Does he agree that such improvements are a key component in a strong economy and that they have been achieved through the Government 's industrial relations laws , which the Opposition parties wish to repeal ? |
| 7 | Second , the contingent environmental events which may strengthen or weaken verbal responses are specified and an attempt should be made to identify those contingencies which will operate to maintain the target behaviours in the natural environment once they have been established through systematic teaching . |
| 8 | If I were playing tennis , I would put the ball back in the hon. Gentleman 's court by asking whether he thinks that those claims are genuine because they have been put through someone 's letter box and because they ask the recipient to sign the form and post it back . |
| 9 | A small number of people think they have been infected through sucking . |