Example sentences of "[been] see " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Magnus 's mother has been to see your mother , ’ she said . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Her sister had been to see her and made her very tired and various strangers had moved her and pummelled her in a familiar manner that made her angry . |
| 5 | A committee of the International Olympics Committee ( IOC ) has been to see if the changes qualify the country for readmission . |
| 6 | Their friendship had straggled on in a passive sort of way ; he 'd been to see her in Brighton and played the romantic flirt , talking of Brief Encounter in the pub and putting his hand on her knee . |
| 7 | He had been to see a palmist and shown him her photo . |
| 8 | They had n't been to see him today . |
| 9 | I had been to see it years before in a taxi from Roscrea , and had been greatly impressed by the poignant air of haunted melancholy that hung over the ruins . |
| 10 | And if the England boss had been to see QPR in recent weeks , he would have been impressed , especially with Sinton . |
| 11 | Ludens was glad he had been to see Franca and felt sure , as he sat in another taxi bound for Victoria , that she had understood why , and in what frame of mind , he had come . |
| 12 | She 's supportable at home , but she can never remember that people have been to see her , so she 's always lonely . ’ |
| 13 | When they met , Burn said that Donaldson had been to see him in the interim . |
| 14 | She 's only been with them three months , remember , and Daniel has n't been to see her since . |
| 15 | ‘ I had been to see him the previous day , and arranged that he come and teach me Dutch . |
| 16 | This she did , at which stage she had managed to go without drinking , but had not yet been to see her solicitor . |
| 17 | Later , as a Member of Parliament , I have been to see archaeological sites — Clickimmin Broch is one of the most remarkable in Britain — to talk to multinational oil companies at Sullom Voe , and to campaign against the Scotland and Wales Bills of 1978–79 , successfully , as it turned out . |
| 18 | He has never been to see me . |
| 19 | And yes , the youth Diniz Vasquez has been to see me . |
| 20 | Principally the visit had been to see a senior boy with lifelong problems who had suddenly become unmanageable and would have to be admitted to an asylum , but while there he had been asked to assess Anna Beckett , a child who had moved him strangely . |
| 21 | She had been to see the inspector in charge of her father 's murder case . |
| 22 | Filmer , I was interested to see , had been to see his horse before departure . |
| 23 | Failing that I 'd settle for reincarnating as either Paul Raymond , Madonna 's fingers , Phil 's meat pie collection , Ian Osborne 's dentist ( not that he 's ever been to see one , mind you ! ) , a bar of soap in an all-girl boarding school or a big black cat named Thad ! |
| 24 | It was true that I had n't been to see Jeeta or Anwar for a long time , what with the moving and my depression and everything , and wanting to start a new life in London and know the city . |
| 25 | That afternoon she had been to see her doctor in Paris . |
| 26 | ‘ I 've been to see the referee and he told me to ask the linesman because it was his decision . |
| 27 | ‘ But they wo n't be able to get word out that he 's been to see them . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I 've been to see the dog , ’ Anabelle replied , and told him about taking away the dog 's food . |
| 29 | Again they looked at each other in silence , and then he said very slowly , ‘ I 've been to see Beecham and Holden . |
| 30 | You need to know who they have been to see , what advice they have already tried and what they thought about it . |