Example sentences of "be [to-vb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | On one occasion after they had been to see the film Odd Man Out , thick fog prevented Bobby returning home to Blackheath . |
| 2 | Two million people have been to see the film Jurassic Park since it was released in British cinemas just five days ago . |
| 3 | The aim , then , has been to see the problem afresh , and a first reformulation of it was offered in Chapter iii . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I 've been to see the magician said Tim . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ You have been to see the corpse ? ’ she asked . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've been to see the dog , ’ Anabelle replied , and told him about taking away the dog 's food . |
| 9 | He remembered the last time he had been to see the dentist . |
| 10 | She had been to see the inspector in charge of her father 's murder case . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ I 've been to see the family ; I 've kept away until now … |
| 13 | ‘ I 've been to see the referee and he told me to ask the linesman because it was his decision . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The two councillors are to monitor the situation over the next few days before seeking a meeting with the RUC 's assistant Chief Constable . |
| 16 | CHILDREN are to preserve the character of a landmark in a tree-planting ceremony . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | If you are to enjoy the college experience to the full , you need to lose no time in finding your way around college . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Clearly , theories of this sort must be extended in some way if they are to accommodate the fact that latent inhibition depends in part on what the target stimulus predicts . |
| 23 | The aims of both the programme and the exhibition are to promote the importance of usability in IT systems and to provide suggestions as to how this aspect of systems development can be improved . |
| 24 | Communication is vital if we are to see the quality of a child 's thinking and assess the support it needs . |
| 25 | If we are to continue the retraining and employment schemes , we need the Bill . |
| 26 | In the event that the bank/organisation instructions under paragraph ( c ) are to continue the insurance , or part of it , the bank/organisation undertakes to pay the premium upon demand . |
| 27 | The words used say , almost invariably , that the auditors are to conduct the valuation , rather than an individual . |
| 28 | Sometimes the auditors are given more specific instructions about how they are to conduct the valuation . |
| 29 | One alternative option had been to preserve the house as a burnt-out ruin . |
| 30 | They are to attend the banquet as Antony and Cleopatra and hoped to outdo Taylor and Burton . |