Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] have been to " in BNC.

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1 I , I only took one case on after I was married er and that er that was a maternity case I 'd been to the first baby .
2 All the doctors , psychiatrists and groups I 'd been to so far for help had made me feel worse than ever : could she be any different ?
3 None of my friends have children and all the mother-and-toddler groups I have been to are full of older mums .
4 Well , to be fair , the A G M's I 've been to , they do influence some of
5 and it being full of , of animals , most of them nasty animals , that would frighten you , like snakes and squirrels , I do n't know why squirrels , and , and like I had a picture in my mind , I ca n't remember whether it was the swimming baths I 'd been to , or whatever , like you know how they , quite often they have little ramps , or maybe they do n't , but the ones I 'd been to had ramps , stairs going up to them or whatever ,
6 One of the happiest parties I have been to for a long while was the one at Claridge 's given by Mr and Mrs John Newman , to celebrate the marriage of their daughter Miss Henrietta Newman to the Earl of Caledon , son of the late Earl of Caledon and the late Mrs Denis Alexander .
7 During the review I had been to Switzerland where I had seen a compulsory occupational scheme successfully in operation .
8 At the other Delhi parties we had been to — mostly boring official events — it had been a struggle to avoid getting cornered by some grey under-secretary from the Ministry of Fertilizer Distribution .
9 What parties they 'd been to when they were young , and Tom Reynard was holding court for his friends and their children .
10 worse thinking he 'd been to solicitors but I 'm trying to track down anybody !
11 THERE is a first time for everything : Aladdin was the first panto I 'd been to and the first Frank Bruno has performed in .
12 You ca n't imagine how much of a help you 've been to me .
13 It must have been the boarding-school she had been to which determined her voice , affected , sharp , shrill .
14 Write a report of between 1000 and 1500 words on your last period of work experience with particular emphasis on the benefit it has been to you .
15 The other place I 've been to is Thailand , where prostitution is blatantly up-front and hard to avoid .
16 It was the first multi-cultural CPRW meeting I have been to — most refreshing !
17 For a start , I will travel and go places I 've not seen , and return to places I 've been to but not really seen because of the tennis .
18 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 .
19 Any conference she 'd been to , everyone wound up in her room long after midnight , playing poker and spouting Bacardi bullshit , wine-bottle wisdom .
20 ‘ During the last few weeks we have been to Kent for the filming .
21 He mentioned old times , the Army , you know , places we 'd been to .
22 So many places they had been to , so many people …
23 When the meter man came for the last time he spoke of my aunt , and of the many years he had been to the house , so that he felt himself to be almost an old friend .
24 Erm , leaving it too long , and now he 's as I say , last couple of years he 's been to se to see why it is he 's getting headaches and they say there 's no sight in that eye at all .
25 Er , the Magistrate 's Court I 've been to twice .
26 See all the firms I 've been to up till the Gas Board just gave you your money back for your pension .
27 Changing the subject quickly , I wondered how great an inspiration she had been to all those women out there in their 40s who lacked her drive to embark on a new career .
28 Alain did not know what a shock it had been to be dragged up those stairs and to find a room like a small time capsule , the very essence of the man she had not known still lingering there .
29 Obviously , if we 're gon na be two big unions obviously Portsmouth is no longer going to fit the bill and I think that 's a shame because several congresses I 've been to and this is the finest weather I 've ever enjoyed .
30 She could feel her cheeks burning as girls she 'd been to the convent school with in Naas said , ‘ Welcome , mam ’ and some had slyness in their smiles .
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