Example sentences of "had [been] through the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The women I spoke to who had been through the whole procedure told me of the many exhausting visits they had had to make to the British Embassies and High Commissions , of the atmosphere of contempt at these places , of the pettiness of the Entry Clearance Officers ( ECOs ) and interpreters , and the rude and unreasonable questions they had had to answer .
2 L Detachment at the time consisted of around one hundred men , most of whom had been through the basic training course .
3 I had been through the same sort of trouble on behalf of my husband , applying for full attendance allowance on March 3 .
4 Brian and I recounted the awful journey , but , of course , all the Yanks had been through the same ordeal .
5 Now they and their mothers could share more things because they had been through the same experiences — something that happens with older mothers and their parents as well .
6 He had been through the same mill a couple of years before .
7 Well , Walter had been through the same things , but he wanted to put them down on paper .
8 Once you had been through the three years what did you find had developed most for you as an actor ?
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