Example sentences of "they [verb] [adv] been to " in BNC.
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| 1 | On that holiday they er they 'd also been to Cairo as well as , and I mean some of the erm trips erm are they go to Luxor and you board a erm er the ship from Luxor to Aswan and you do n't get to Cairo and I think if you 're going to Egypt you really want to go to Cairo |
| 2 | Well they 'd already been to the pantomime at your school so you 'll have to wait till next year now . |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 4 | They 'd never been to Blackpool , last year they 'd been to Spain |
| 5 | People ring up about the match they 've just been to and complain or say who they think should be the next England manager , etc . |
| 6 | They 've already been to the Jonquil because of Sabine 's death . |
| 7 | Fitzormonde and Mowbray had always been soft , they could whine and moan that they had not been to blame , but Horne had agreed to Whitton 's plan and built a thriving business on the proceeds . |
| 8 | ‘ Work , ’ she told him quietly , her eyes seeking the dark depths of his for something that would relate to what they had once been to each other in Seville . |
| 9 | ‘ Friends , many of them believers , came up afterwards and said it was the most beautiful funeral they had ever been to . |
| 10 | Nick 's friends wrote that it was the best party they had ever been to , a truly unforgettable occasion . |
| 11 | They have also been to the fore in the planning of opposition to the recent Anglo-Irish talks even though they know that the collapse of those talks will make it very unlikely that the constitutional Catholic Social Democratic and Labour Party will take its place in the Assembly . |
| 12 | They have both been to school and like to speak their few words of English when their elders are not looking . ) |
| 13 | The problem is not just that the children have not attended a school where English is taught ; they have not been to a school of any description for years on end . |
| 14 | Mum and Dad are my greatest fans , but they have never been to a meeting ! |