Example sentences of "[be] [to-vb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and she said oh , she said I 've been to see a friend |
| 2 | 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 ? |
| 3 | All of us that is except uncle Eugenio , who had never been to see a film , saying that it was a fraud , all illusion , and that when the lights went up and all the characters disappeared the screen was no more than a rag . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | " Have you been to see a doctor ? " |
| 6 | He had been to see a palmist and shown him her photo . |
| 7 | Puts them on notice that you 've been to see a solicitor . |
| 8 | On one occasion after they had been to see the film Odd Man Out , thick fog prevented Bobby returning home to Blackheath . |
| 9 | Two million people have been to see the film Jurassic Park since it was released in British cinemas just five days ago . |
| 10 | The aim , then , has been to see the problem afresh , and a first reformulation of it was offered in Chapter iii . |
| 11 | It is also likely that my friend will , at some point , have been to see the SUSA Welfare Officer and obtained help with a late grant , or received advice on one of a whole host of student problems from harassment to housing . |
| 12 | I 've been to see the magician said Tim . |
| 13 | ON reporting to Chantilly on the morning of February 25th , Pétain and Serrigny found that ‘ the panic was at its peak ’ The fall of Verdun was expected momentarily , ‘ and everybody was saying that General Herr should be shot ’ Somehow it leaked out that Pétain had come from Paris , not Noailles , and the word was quickly passed round by those veterans of intrigue that he had first been to see the Minister of War , Galliéni , the implacable foe of G.Q.G. Doubtless the rumour helped augment the alarm in the air . |
| 14 | ‘ You have been to see the corpse ? ’ she asked . |
| 15 | ‘ I 've been to see the dog , ’ Anabelle replied , and told him about taking away the dog 's food . |
| 16 | He remembered the last time he had been to see the dentist . |
| 17 | She had been to see the inspector in charge of her father 's murder case . |
| 18 | They tend to be the larger companies , I have to be fair , er , but er , one of the encouraging things from my point of view , and I , we started rather early , maybe fifteen , twenty years ago has been to see the growth of this particular sector , where people have moved progressively into , I think a much more enlightened posture in the last ten or fifteen years , and B I C , Business in the Community of course , have to take , I think much credit for that . |
| 19 | ‘ I 've been to see the family ; I 've kept away until now … |
| 20 | ‘ I 've been to see the referee and he told me to ask the linesman because it was his decision . |
| 21 | The man of the world was not as interested as he should have been ; I had become quicker in some respects , mostly practical , but the price for this had been to lose the ability to make other connections . |
| 22 | The two councillors are to monitor the situation over the next few days before seeking a meeting with the RUC 's assistant Chief Constable . |
| 23 | CHILDREN are to preserve the character of a landmark in a tree-planting ceremony . |
| 24 | Clearly results must improve quickly if Darlington are to preserve the status they attained with such distinction under the leadership of former manager Brian Little . |
| 25 | The AIMS of the CUCGA are to sustain the position and influence of Convocations and similar bodies as continuing but independent constituent parts of their institutions ; to promote the status and development of Higher Education ; to provide a focus and forum for the expression of graduate opinion on matters relating to education ; and to foster the development and use of graduate bodies for the support and enhancement of universities , polytechnics and equivalent institutions . |
| 26 | What that means is that if you have a spontaneous abortion , you 're much more likely to abort a male than you are to abort a female . |
| 27 | The Secretary of State may , having regard to section 2 of this Act , give directions to the Group as to the manner in which they are to implement the disposal programme generally or in any case specified in the directions . |
| 28 | Rangers , incidentally , are to issue every supporter travelling to Belgium with the club next week a booklet outlining the need for good behaviour in order to avoid an incident of the type in France which recently cost FC Brugge a UEFA imposed fine of £118,000 after they had reversed an earlier decision to have the match with Rangers played behind closed doors . |
| 29 | If you are to enjoy the college experience to the full , you need to lose no time in finding your way around college . |
| 30 | If you are to enjoy the satisfaction of growing one , clearly it helps to know how to combat all the pests and diseases that conspire to stop you . |