Example sentences of "have [adv] [been] to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyone who has ever been to a similar school will know exactly what I mean . |
| 2 | If you 'd ever been to a party at the Linleys you 'd understand . |
| 3 | I mean when I got , when I got here okay er when I was in the lower sixth and I like sort of got in and then like it was so weird being , I mean I 'd never been to a blokes ' school before I came here |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | He ate and drank simply and , although he enjoyed the theatre , he had not been to a play for twenty years . |
| 6 | Alix 's godmother , also named Alix , had once been to a ball in Vienna . |
| 7 | Crowds of people , including many who had n't been to a church for years , came to hear him . |
| 8 | You said you had n't been to a gym in ages . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | " I 've never been to a café . " |
| 11 | ‘ I 've never been to a koliba , ’ she replied . |
| 12 | 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 … |
| 13 | Well why not men go to the bleeding , er well it 's like I 've never been to a proper hen night , Gary 's been to a , a stag night , with female strippers , I 'd like to go to a stag , er a hen night |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | He had never been to a church before . |
| 18 | She had never been to a jazz club before . |
| 19 | But we need to fill the gap , and by the way colleagues , I think it is appropriate , just to end this particular section of my reply with the comment that at the public services section conference from our count forty percent of the delegates there had never been to a G M B conference before . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | ‘ I was with British Steel before coming here and had never been to a live theatre show before except the pantomime as a kid . |
| 22 | 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 ! |
| 23 | The problem is not just that the children have not attended a school where English is taught ; they have not been to a school of any description for years on end . |
| 24 | I have also been to a strip show which involved a woman , in a , in a club and it was a very different atmosphere . |
| 25 | I have n't been to a ball since I came to Canada . ’ |
| 26 | I have n't been to a service here for years . ’ |
| 27 | I have n't been to a Leeds match for absolutely ages and could do with any info on getting hold of tickets , which parts of the ground need tickets and the best places to stand/sit … and park the car etc . |
| 28 | Now erm , I have n't been to a match lately , but these pictures I 've seen , there 's still all these fences around to stop people doing that . |
| 29 | I have n't been to a gym in ages , ’ Vitor said , and frowned as though the omission had only just occurred to him . |
| 30 | Right , yeah so erm you know I mean that 's probably the best thing to do if you try and , try and at least keep up to date with the rest of this term and er you know not er make sure , even if you have n't been to a class at least you know what went , went on there from somebody |