Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [vb past] [be] to " in BNC.

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1 Anyway after about a week , all men as been worked in the pits , By the way I 'd been down I 'd been to the .
2 But perhaps he had been to a Harley Street specialist — it was easier to imagine the long holiday being recommended behind thick net curtains in one of those tall houses with several brass plates on the door .
3 I thought perhaps he 'd been to you and sort of were you interested and he he 'd come back .
4 So he 'd been to the doctors about few weeks ago and he 'd been repairing his shed , said there was water coming in and he went to he said oh you 've pulled a ligament or something he said , it 'll take weeks for it to clear up but anyhow he went back again about a fortnight ago .
5 But already she had been to the zoo with him and accepted an invitation for future visits .
6 She realised how close she had been to the edge when the Yggdrasil bit came for her .
7 She stopped , embarrassed suddenly , looked down , realised with a start just how close she had been to revealing some parts of her life , her thoughts …
8 A long time ago , she 'd learned just how dear she 'd been to Ewan Famber : an experiment .
9 I 'd been , a few weeks ago I 'd been to a wedding , and it was the most boring
10 Sergei 's bed had n't been slept in , and presumably he 'd been to bed with Masha .
11 She remembered things from when she 'd been to school before .
12 Sometimes , when she had been to a romantic film , or had been kissed good-night by Pogo , she had sat on the edge of her bed , staring at that dark , handsome , boy 's face and tried to conjure up the memory of his living presence .
13 I could n't think where you 'd been to .
14 The tercentenary of the church in Cambridge where we met was to be held in June that year , and we looked forward eagerly to that reunion , and to another reunion in May with friends in the Lake District .
15 Yet they 'd been to Spain , Italy and Greece time after time , and surely it would have been natural for Isabelle to want to show off the country of her birth .
16 And he did n't have to explain where he 'd been to a wife who has different ideas of a swinging time .
17 He was already a respected physician in his field , and his opinion was often called for in public hospitals and institutions , which was why he had been to the Foundling Hospital today .
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