Example sentences of "had not be to [art] " in BNC.

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1 He ate and drank simply and , although he enjoyed the theatre , he had not been to a play for twenty years .
2 I pointed out that I had not been to the polytechnic , but had been to Durham University on a scholarship — only the second the force had been awarded .
3 West Germans who had not been to the East had no difficulty in believing them .
4 One after the other was called to report why he had not been to the police court for a long period , and threatened that if he did not do more work in the future he would lose pay .
5 Also on the visiting critics ' itinerary were such exotica as a barbecue dinner and a visit to the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo ; your correspondent , a native Texan , had not been to the rodeo since 1961 , when he shook Roy Rogers 's hand , but none the less did not feel compelled to spice up this report with such familiar Texas seasoning .
6 On deck , Martha and Nenna had been joined by Maurice , who had decided to consider himself on holiday , and had not been to the pub for several nights .
7 Crowds of people , including many who had n't been to a church for years , came to hear him .
8 You said you had n't been to a gym in ages .
9 Pamela had n't been to the tiny next-door island for years but she remembered its wild , deserted beaches , its spectacular rocky promontories , the surprising wheat fields among the rocky landscape that had given the island its name .
10 He had n't been to the Martins ' for lunch since Antoinette died .
11 I had n't been to the mere for a week or two so did n't really know if the bream would still be moving or not .
12 I had n't been to the dump for a while , and it was about time I went to see what the good folk of Porteneil had thrown out .
13 No I had n't been to the Far East unfortunately .
14 I had n't been to the Far East .
15 if arrangements had n't been made for her to go to Australia might be , she has n't been may have you know , she still had n't been to the doctors
16 She had n't been to an art class since she had been married .
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