You must know that it would have taken time going through regular channels.

If you want to go through channels to get an answer, be my guest.

I might have saved your partner for you, if you'd only gone through channels.

"We'll go through channels and get the word to the right folks."

What I just told you, pal, it doesn't go through channels.

If your letter goes through channels, probably I don't get on the airplane.

"Right, but only after we went back through other channels."

We don't have a lot of time to go through normal channels.

Yes, but they were reporting on a law that had been broken, even after having gone through channels.

Took all the blame- said that he hadn't thought to go through channels and should have known better.