Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] [verb] [adv] been to " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the fact that I 've never been to England before does n't make me a complete bumpkin . |
| 2 | She told the interpreter that ‘ although she had never been to school she liked the life she lived . ’ |
| 3 | Compassionate and relentless as God ( in whom she does not believe ) , she sends her creatures forth and calls them home , having ( like Thomas Hardy ) a love for funerals , although she has never been to one . |
| 4 | Wellington 's riposte was that she had never been to South Africa , while he had and was therefore in a position to judge properly . |
| 5 | ‘ And the odd thing is that of all the people who complained to you after that sermon that they 'd never been to Rome only Sister Dew has taken advantage of this opportunity to go there . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ We have been so sensible , fair and reasonable with Lovell Homes that it 's probably been to our detriment . |
| 7 | He suffered from the small disadvantage that he had never been to Rhodesia . |
| 8 | Also Parker confesses that he has never been to one of Elvis ' recording sessions : ‘ That 's his job — mine 's getting him as much money as I can . ’ |
| 9 | It may well be that Wilfrid was no more acceptable to Ecgfrith than he had originally been to Oswiu . |
| 10 | And I 'd no been to bloody . |
| 11 | ‘ But I do n't go abroad on holiday — and I 've never been to the Caribbean , ’ she wailed helplessly as he added yet another gorgeous outfit to the huge pile he 'd already chosen . |
| 12 | ( Oh , yes , Benjamin and I had also been to university but , due to minor misunderstandings , had both been asked to leave before we received our degrees . |
| 13 | And I have never been to Ireland . |
| 14 | Still , it sounded like a fascinating challenge , and she 'd never been to Sheffield before , so it would give her an opportunity to see another little bit of the world . |
| 15 | She wore a large white straw hat and looked as if she 'd just been to church . |
| 16 | He asked her , smiling over the top of his glass , if she had ever been to bed with a man and when she said ‘ not exactly ’ he had burst out laughing and touched her cheek with one strong brown hand . |
| 17 | If you 've ever been to one of their live performances , you will find the band , yourself and the whole of the crowd jumping around like it was a punk reunion . |
| 18 | ‘ Ah , but you are , if you 've never been to Sardinia before . ’ |
| 19 | 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 … |
| 20 | If you 've never been to an ice hockey game , it 's more than a game — it 's a night out . |
| 21 | If you 'd ever been to a party at the Linleys you 'd understand . |
| 22 | That 's not to say that it is a waste of time reading it even if you have never been to the remote geographical placement . |
| 23 | We 've been to Lords and we 've also been to Wembley , we 've been to Twickenham and we 've also been to Wimbledon . |
| 24 | We 've been to Lords and we 've also been to Wembley , we 've been to Twickenham and we 've also been to Wimbledon . |
| 25 | Most of you wo n't remember the time , and I certainly do n't , some of you will , you 'll be familiar with the er , healing accounts , seeing pictures on , er either in magazines or on the television news , in in old news reels , of that time when Neville Chamberlain stepped out of an aeroplane , and he 's just been to Germany and , and had a meeting with Hitler . |
| 26 | And he has never been to England before . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ But I 've never been to the Lodge . |
| 28 | but I 've never been to it |
| 29 | ‘ But I have just been to America , where England will play a big tournament next summer against the US , Brazil and Germany . |
| 30 | ‘ They told me I was in Thailand with him but I have never been to Thailand in my life . ’ |