Example sentences of "[verb] been to [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I see you 've been to the hospital , or something like that . |
| 2 | She tells me she has been to every temple on the Greek islands of Mykonos and Santorini . |
| 3 | The only " reason " given by Anderson — " I changed my mind " ( p. 87 ) — clearly violates the maxim of quantity in providing too little information , and his excuse , that he " did n't realize it mattered " , violates the maxim of quality because , being a Cambridge don who has been to a number of overseas conferences , he will be well aware of the procedures involved . |
| 4 | Anyone who has been to a concert by Fine Arts Brass will know the group combines virtuosity with versatility , playing music of all styles with equal flair and placing the emphasis very much on entertainment . |
| 5 | He is very affectionate , and I would n't be without him now , and he has been to the vet 's for his injections so as to avoid another disaster . |
| 6 | Tim Russon has been to the King 's Home ground to preview the match . |
| 7 | Wesley Smith has been to the company 's American headquarters to compile this special report . |
| 8 | The great thing is that everybody has been to the cinema , and many have had a strange experience there . ’ |
| 9 | That price has been to the moon and back again , helped by the Hunt brothers from Texas , who tried to corner the market and found that it , in fact , cornered them . |
| 10 | Recently , SAVE has been to the rescue of a small but delightful Methodist chapel in a Lincolnshire village , to stop it being dismantled and shipped to the USA ; the Pavilion Theatre at Ryde on the Isle of Wight , which the local council had agreed to demolish ; and a popular Hampstead pub , Jack Straw 's Castle , which , though an important work by the architect Raymond Erith , the brewers wished to alter radically . |
| 11 | The frequent attention given to the management of river banks has made many unsuitable for the nesting of Kingfishers , and the frequent clearance of marginal vegetation has been to the detriment of species such as the Reed Bunting , Sedge and Reed Warbler . |
| 12 | The use has led to further commercialism of the land and has been to the detriment of the rural character of the area , they say . |
| 13 | As anyone who has been to the college and visited the course will know , the main attraction in the HNC Rock Music ( Performer ) is the drum kit which featured in Tutti Frutti , that most Scottish , contemporary and successful of entertainments . |
| 14 | Congress , G M B has been to the forefront of the campaign to ensure that the laws of this country are brought into line with European legislation . |
| 15 | What is remarkable is how little political opposition there has been to the programme to date . |
| 16 | The ‘ Fury and the Spitfire has been to an airshow the previous day at Yeovilton , they had then flown to Humberside for another airshow and were on their way home . |
| 17 | And he did n't have to explain where he 'd been to a wife who has different ideas of a swinging time . |
| 18 | I 'd been , a few weeks ago I 'd been to a wedding , and it was the most boring |
| 19 | ‘ I 'd been to a party at Cipriani 's in The Strand which went on all hours . |
| 20 | Said he 'd been to a party . |
| 21 | He may well be a transvestite , but I ca n't help wondering whether the make-up was simply a blind to ‘ Prove ’ , as it were , that he 'd been to a party that night , in case anyone picked him up . |
| 22 | We 'd been to a party with Nancy and Frank . |
| 23 | She 'd been to a lot of trouble finding something original , something you 'd enjoy . ’ |
| 24 | He tried to deny he 'd been to the village at first , but when I told him I 'd watched his every move he said he 'd gone for toothpaste and avoided our constables because he did n't think they 'd allow him to go out . ’ |
| 25 | Me mother used to go in and lie down when she 'd been to the work . |
| 26 | He said he 'd been to the pub and had 2 pints and that someone else was driving . |
| 27 | Ah ! rang , you should have said you could n't pick me up cos you 'd been to the pub . |
| 28 | I , I had this dream the other night , and it was so real , I thought I 'd been to the cinema . |
| 29 | She could feel her cheeks burning as girls she 'd been to the convent school with in Naas said , ‘ Welcome , mam ’ and some had slyness in their smiles . |
| 30 | ‘ He says he phoned Maurin after you 'd been to the hotel because he wanted to report that you were asking questions about Barbara . |