Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] been to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bob Stokes , who was coach of the side when they last won the trophy ( under the guise of Whitburn ) has since been to the final on six occasions ( with Whitburn and Team Scottish Farm ) and lost every time . |
| 2 | He barely speaks Italian and in fact has only been to the country of his ancestry once — on a school trip . |
| 3 | Q My 3-year-old mongrel has just been to the vet to have his teeth cleaned , as a checkup revealed that he had dental problems . |
| 4 | From start to finish quality control has always been to the fore at Guinness Dublin where the company has had its own laboratories for over a century . |
| 5 | It has always been to the Society 's credit that preservation work undertaken on its Merlin engines has involved every nut , bolt and washer being removed , cleaned , treated and replaced so that when rebuilt the engine should stand every chance of lasting for many future generations . |
| 6 | It should not be assumed , however , that when religious beliefs have functioned as primitive science , it has always been to the detriment of further inquiry . |
| 7 | Graham Turner 's future has also been to the fore recently but for different reasons . |
| 8 | Well , it was n't till the Tuesday of the week after when we 'd all been to the funeral at the crematorium that Inspector Bush came in again . |
| 9 | I 'd already been to the forest couple of times as a student and thought it was the most wonderful place . |
| 10 | Well they 'd already been to the pantomime at your school so you 'll have to wait till next year now . |
| 11 | She 'd once been to the Easter Fete . |
| 12 | He 'd never been to the barn . |
| 13 | Well we 've only been to the dentist here . |
| 14 | Should I tell her here and now that Ewen Mackay had already been to the cottage ? |
| 15 | I had already been to the dinner party . |
| 16 | I 've just been to the physio before I came here . |
| 17 | He had just been to the Palace to kiss hands as Prime Minister for the second time . |
| 18 | Clare had just been to the lavatory , which , she claimed , was a significant experience . |
| 19 | We was in this railway station and Marie had just been to the dentist . |
| 20 | The woman said , ‘ I 've never been to the North Pole , Mr MacKenzie , but I know it 's cold there . ’ |
| 21 | WE 'VE NEVER BEEN TO THE MOON , HAVE WE ? |
| 22 | I 've never been to the air field . |
| 23 | You 've never been to the tip . |
| 24 | I 've never been to the head , I 've never been to the governors . |
| 25 | I 've , I 've never been to The Cabe actually . |
| 26 | Very few writers had actually been to the world outside Europe . |
| 27 | He had seldom been to the village and only once on foot but he could remember the layout of it with surprising clarity . |
| 28 | Joseph had subsequently been to the villa on the Cap and talked about a show in New York . |
| 29 | She had never been to the house on the bay at that end of the afternoon , and found Therese abstracted and busy . |
| 30 | Jane had never been to the aerodrome before — not actually past the guardroom and through the gates — and she had n't known what to expect that night . |