Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] been to [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was chairman Lord Rees 's first visit to LASMO Colombia , while chief executive Chris Greentree had not been to Bogota for five years . |
| 2 | I had not been to London for over twenty years , and my daughters had never been there . |
| 3 | Confession had not been a factor in the slowness of Pétain 's promotion in the way that it had checked the career of Foch , de Castelnau and other ardent Catholics ; indeed , Pétain could boast that he had not been to Mass for thirty years , so on this score alone he should have been earmarked , as things stood , for rapid advancement . |
| 4 | I 'VE just been to court for the first time in my life at 74 , because my local council said I owed them £63 for my wife 's poll tax during 1991–92 . |
| 5 | Lorton had n't been to confession for 25 years , but he remembered how it felt . |
| 6 | She had n't been to Scotland for years . |
| 7 | I mean I have n't been to Guildford for oh god I do n't know when I think probably with you the last time I went to Guildford . |
| 8 | For those who have n't been to Versailles for many years , there is now much more to see . |