Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] been to a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you 'd ever been to a party at the Linleys you 'd understand . |
| 2 | I 've only been to a couple of lodge meetings it I was invited to go to I always felt slightly ambiguous about that really you know . |
| 3 | Alix 's godmother , also named Alix , had once been to a ball in Vienna . |
| 4 | An unlikely scenario : I 've never been to a desert and the nearest I 've ever got to authentic military action is when Action Man introduced eagle eyes and gripping hands . |
| 5 | we 're off grass track racing now … one of the country 's biggest meetings was held in Oxfordshire at the weekend … and if you 've never been to a race before … sit back and watch this … it 's exciting stuff … |
| 6 | ‘ I 've never been to a koliba , ’ she replied . |
| 7 | " I 've never been to a café . " |
| 8 | Yet later that evening , when they had both returned home and he had enquired about her meeting with Alison and whether she had bought a pram , she had hesitated before admitting she had actually been to a cinema . |
| 9 | He had never been to a church before . |
| 10 | The inevitable question , ‘ What did you do in the hols ? ’ would be greeted with a list of the films I had seen , and the dances and point-to-points I had been to , whereas in fact I was not allowed to go to the cinema ( perhaps for financial reasons ) , had never been to a dance in my life , and did n't even know what a point-to-point was . |
| 11 | He had never been to a theatre in London , but he knew now , after the performance she had given a few minutes ago , that Mother Bombie was the greatest actress in the world . |
| 12 | At the funeral ( she had never been to a funeral before ) it had come to her quite suddenly that something was ending in herself , that she was being challenged to take hold of her life , to make decisions , and she had quarrelled with Terry because of it . |
| 13 | You know , this man who was hanging on the cross beside Jesus he had not been christened , he had n't been dedicated , he had never been to a confirmation class in his life , he had never been baptized , he had never been received into church membership he had never even gathered around the Lord 's table ! |
| 14 | She had never been to a jazz club before . |
| 15 | I have also been to a strip show which involved a woman , in a , in a club and it was a very different atmosphere . |
| 16 | I have recently been to a performance of Mr Handel 's Messiah and , would you believe it the Second West Yorkshire Yeomanry is to hold a Regimental Ball in the New Year , in the Exchange Buildings ! ’ |
| 17 | Mum and Dad are my greatest fans , but they have never been to a meeting ! |
| 18 | Most white people , ’ Hall told Time , ‘ have never been to a party at a black person 's house . |