Example sentences of "be [prep] [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | The police would have been through every drawer with a toothcomb in their search for clues ; there was nothing to be gained there . |
2 | Archie had already been through every drawer in the tallboy . |
3 | At the end of that time , working ceaselessly , he had been through every file in every office . |
4 | This has been through no fault of local authorities , according to Noel Towe of the Local Government Drugs Forum . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | A 32 year old manager may be full of vigour , enthusiasm and malleable but a 52 year old manager has been through a couple of recessions , knows the ropes and cap pull a few more rabbits out of the hat . |
7 | Another means of keeping contemporary teachers better informed and less parochial in outlook has been through a range of central and local government books and reports . |
8 | Amstral has recently been through a combination of management buyouts and takeovers , including the acquisition of Crab Advanced Technologies ' sales and marketing division , and now goes by the name of ABC Workstation Solutions Ltd . |
9 | But it probably helped our friendship , because we 've been through a lot since then . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | Right now the relationship 's good ; he 's like an old friend , we 've been through a lot of shit together . ’ |
12 | ‘ I 've been through a lot of stuff because of it . |
13 | Geraldine had lost both her parents the year before , so we 've been through a lot of the same feelings . |
14 | " We 've been through a lot of danger , " he said . |
15 | WE have been through a lot in the press . |
16 | Bernice had been through a lot in the days they had been separated and he was proud of her . |
17 | Referring to an automobile accident which seriously injured his son in 1989 , he stated that his family had " been through a lot in the last two years " and that they were " more important than politics and personal ambition " . |
18 | Back in 1988 though , none of the above was known to this actress , who fancied herself as a serious artist who 'd been through the portals of the National and the RSC , albeit coming quickly out the other side , and whose biggest ambition was a ) to perfect a stage yawn , b ) to trim her inner thighs , and c ) to fry a perfect fishball . |
19 | To troops who had not yet been through the mill at Verdun , passing men whom they were about to relieve was an unnerving experience ; they seemed like beings from another world . |
20 | Not only is that generally helpful in being a recently approved structure plan that 's been through the Secretary of State 's hands , but of course it is also part of this region . |
21 | Dr Williams has been through the ranks of the order and now holds the post of County Surgeon for County Durham . |
22 | The late Derek Cross had been through the tunnel on the footplate of an A3 Pacific and a Class 40 diesel and on both occasions he had been very pleased to see the other end of the tunnel , such is its evil , brooding , emotive reputation . |
23 | But Britain has already been through the ordeal of restructuring needed to meet the fierce competition from Asia and , increasingly , the Third World . |
24 | The fourth way in which the underclass is immobilized at the bottom of our society has been through the spread of means-tested assistance , which has a devastating effect on the initiative of people on low incomes . |
25 | He had been through the Night of Power . |
26 | As an adult , adults such as myself have n't been through the procedure as a young person where your immune system 's been challenged by the vaccine so that you 've developed tetanus antibodies . |
27 | A a apart from Chris and Bill , I 've sat down with all the M S fours an and been through the changes to the appointment contract , and how they now erm form the basis of the er interim client report . |
28 | 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 . |
29 | BLACKBURN 'S Kevin Moran has been through the lot in nearly 20 years as a top class defender . |
30 | His French accent had been through the grinder in the New World , so that he sounded like a gangster in a B movie . |