Example sentences of "never [be] to a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had never been to a church before . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | An unlikely scenario : I 've never been to a desert and the nearest I 've ever got to authentic military action is when Action Man introduced eagle eyes and gripping hands . |
| 4 | But we need to fill the gap , and by the way colleagues , I think it is appropriate , just to end this particular section of my reply with the comment that at the public services section conference from our count forty percent of the delegates there had never been to a G M B conference before . |
| 5 | I mean when I got , when I got here okay er when I was in the lower sixth and I like sort of got in and then like it was so weird being , I mean I 'd never been to a blokes ' school before I came here |
| 6 | He had never been to a theatre in London , but he knew now , after the performance she had given a few minutes ago , that Mother Bombie was the greatest actress in the world . |
| 7 | 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 … |
| 8 | She had never been to a jazz club before . |
| 9 | You know , this man who was hanging on the cross beside Jesus he had not been christened , he had n't been dedicated , he had never been to a confirmation class in his life , he had never been baptized , he had never been received into church membership he had never even gathered around the Lord 's table ! |
| 10 | Most white people , ’ Hall told Time , ‘ have never been to a party at a black person 's house . |
| 11 | Mum and Dad are my greatest fans , but they have never been to a meeting ! |
| 12 | I never been to a restaurant — not on my own like . |
| 13 | " I 've never been to a café . " |
| 14 | At the funeral ( she had never been to a funeral before ) it had come to her quite suddenly that something was ending in herself , that she was being challenged to take hold of her life , to make decisions , and she had quarrelled with Terry because of it . |
| 15 | ‘ I 've never been to a koliba , ’ she replied . |
| 16 | yeah , er , design I can never be to a boiler or storage heater for the winter also the heater would activate the till the heat |