Example sentences of "have been put through " in BNC.
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| 1 | In traditional Unilever style , Burgmans has been put through the international mill . |
| 2 | A foot has been put through the loft floor and now a hole needs to be repaired in a lath and plaster bedroom ceiling . |
| 3 | Andy has been put through absolute hell . ’ |
| 4 | After spending the better part of the morning crouched down painting skirting-boards , she felt as though she 'd been put through a mangle . |
| 5 | As long as you can stay reasonably flexible a well-planned interview structure will make comparisons between candidates much easier because all candidates will have been put through more or less the same hoops . |
| 6 | Have you seen this publicity which should have been put through your door ? |
| 7 | The lure of the stripe , even after having been put through every possible variation and contortion , remains irresistible for many artists . |
| 8 | John McLeish , himself a forceful character , felt as if he had been put through a wringer . |
| 9 | By mistake I had been put through not to the hospital but to a psychiatric ward . |
| 10 | When the responses to almost 20,000 questions had been put through VGA 's computer , they revealed that men and women executives have more talents in common than most people imagine — and some considerable managerial differences too . |
| 11 | In response to a pervasive loss of faith in mid-Victorian economic liberalism , a string of measures had been put through Parliament by Conservative and Liberal Governments in concession to the case against unregulated laissez-faire and for intervention on social grounds by the state . |
| 12 | 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 . |