Example sentences of "[pers pn] had been [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had been to see the inspector in charge of her father 's murder case . |
| 2 | Wilson quickly realised how lucky she had been to have the Misses Wynne directed to her by kind Miss Blagden . |
| 3 | On one occasion after they had been to see the film Odd Man Out , thick fog prevented Bobby returning home to Blackheath . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Strange , how easy it had been to accept the harshness of the training depot and the lessons she had learned . |
| 6 | He did n't tell her how difficult it had been to withstand the pain they inflicted on him . |
| 7 | He remembered the last time he had been to see the dentist . |