Example sentences of "[pers pn] have been [to-vb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'd been to have a bun and a squint at Mrs Y 's telly , or , to put it another way , Inspector , doing a pastoral visit to a sick member of the congregation . ’ |
| 2 | I suppose I had been given a sense of the evil of cinema by my strict Methodist grandparents , who were visibly shocked when once I confessed that I had been to see a film on Sunday . |
| 3 | and she said oh , she said I 've been to see a friend |
| 4 | Never mind , she said to me this morning , she said I 've been to see a friend of yours , I said well who 's that ? |
| 5 | I 've been to see the magician said Tim . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've been to see the family ; I 've kept away until now … |
| 7 | ‘ I 've been to see the referee and he told me to ask the linesman because it was his decision . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've been to see the dog , ’ Anabelle replied , and told him about taking away the dog 's food . |
| 9 | Puts them on notice that you 've been to see a solicitor . |
| 10 | She had been to see the inspector in charge of her father 's murder case . |
| 11 | ‘ You have been to see the corpse ? ’ she asked . |
| 12 | No she said she 's been to have a look at , it 's Glenys I do n't , no not Glenys |
| 13 | On one occasion after they had been to see the film Odd Man Out , thick fog prevented Bobby returning home to Blackheath . |
| 14 | The Chairman , on behalf of the members , has asked me to express their appreciation of your excellent presentation and to state how difficult it has been to make a choice from outstanding candidates . |
| 15 | His charm , his little anecdotes , even this scene played in the velvet darkness — all of it had been to answer the challenge she 'd so foolishly set before him . |
| 16 | She walked on , wondering whose decision it had been to buy a retirement home in such an isolated spot . |
| 17 | Strange , how easy it had been to accept the harshness of the training depot and the lessons she had learned . |
| 18 | He did n't tell her how difficult it had been to withstand the pain they inflicted on him . |
| 19 | He had been to see a palmist and shown him her photo . |
| 20 | He remembered the last time he had been to see the dentist . |