Example sentences of "had go through a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 All proposals had to go through a protective sieve , an inner filtration to correspond to the standard he sets for his work .
2 All proposals had to go through a protective sieve , an inner filtration to correspond to the standard he sets for his work .
3 Although the pharmacist seemed to have some trouble deciphering the prescription , and Henry had to go through a nerve-wracking pantomime of ignorance about the nature of the chemicals he required , it was n't long before he was standing once again on the doorstep of 54 Maple Drive .
4 Having driven past in the usual manner , the driver then had to go through a second time in reverse so that the mourners on the other side could also take a look .
5 They had to go through a long interrogation , and their answers were not found to be satisfactory .
6 Speaking from a personal experience , I had to go through a similar kind of programme after years of cocaine abuse .
7 The annual report of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration criticised the system whereby claimants had to go through a cumbersome late appeals procedure to obtain the full arrears benefit to which they were rightfully entitled where those exceeded the statutory 12-month limit .
8 So we had to go through a whole charade of auditioning a second guitarist .
9 ‘ I had gone through a poor year in Test cricket and wanted to play in England to check out my technique .
10 She said : ‘ I then realised there were people just like me , and people who had gone through a worse hell than me . ’
11 Her brother Mr Bhatti , of Lawrence Street , Dundee , told Lord Osborne that under their faith a couple were not considered to be married until they had gone through a religious ceremony before a Mullah .
12 In a very short space of time — just a few decades — the industrial moths had gone through a small but distinct evolutionary step .
13 Murphy , whose face had gone through a perfect pantomime of reactions during her speech , now nodded silently , his complexion purple .
14 Suddenly the little girl lost , the lovable teenager , had gone through a startling catharsis .
15 ‘ Paula started to tell me about another woman who Eddie had begun seeing and she said that the marriage had gone through a bad patch and divorce proceedings had been started , ’ Miss Coltman said .
16 Then , half an hour later , he was taken away by the police for the way in which , in his bid to make amends , he had gone through a red light .
17 As I have said , after the abandonment of his undertaking uniform he had gone through a dodgy bookie/snake-oil purveyor period .
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