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 .
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