1. Even the director has gone through the mill, you know.

2. We went through the mill together, Franklin.

3. Part of the Council's records-base is going through the mill of privatisation.

4. He is willing to go through the mill.

5. When you join the Army, you have to go through the mill, as the training is very severe.

6. Every reporter who wants to run the whole newspaper has to go through the mill first so that he can learn the job the hard way.