Example sentences of "i have [been] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most upsetting thing for me has been to see her medical notes and realise that she could have got the right treatment at home … that is if her country was n't being torn apart by war |
| 2 | I 'd been to see my great-aunt 's solicitors in Glasgow and they gave me the keys . |
| 3 | I was just saying to Malcolm how surprised I 'd been to see so many your men at Doreen 's funeral , but I shut up when the police arrived . |
| 4 | The last dying patient I 'd been to visit in this hospital had been the caretaker of our Health Centre , in much pain from a carcinoma of the pancreas . |
| 5 | No I 'd been to shop . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'd been to have a bun and a squint at Mrs Y 's telly , or , to put it another way , Inspector , doing a pastoral visit to a sick member of the congregation . ’ |
| 7 | I 'd been to work all day and I 'd been and been running sheets off all night . |
| 8 | And I 'd been to top standard as it was then it was standard seven , and as the er you know now they let when the when they 've somebody in so long they let them walk about and come home and all so That time of day you got to you 'd got to pass examins and exams and such like as that . |
| 9 | Honestly , girl , if you only knew where I 'd been to try and find you ! ’ |
| 10 | She apologised for the mess , wiping her hands on her apron and then shaking my hand while I said how sorry I 'd been to hear . |
| 11 | I suppose I had been given a sense of the evil of cinema by my strict Methodist grandparents , who were visibly shocked when once I confessed that I had been to see a film on Sunday . |
| 12 | I had been to see it years before in a taxi from Roscrea , and had been greatly impressed by the poignant air of haunted melancholy that hung over the ruins . |
| 13 | ‘ I had been to see him the previous day , and arranged that he come and teach me Dutch . |
| 14 | then I had another I had another wee problem that I 'd been , I had been to see , and it was Doctor I had been , and the doctor that I saw the last time er I had three big bruises on my back , and she |
| 15 | I saw my new home in October 1981 ; it was about the seventh or eighth place I had been to look at . |
| 16 | How foolish I had been to believe him , and love him so much ! |
| 17 | ‘ I 've been to watch Liam play in the mini-Test against South Africa at Derby and he 's coming on very well . ’ |
| 18 | This particular circus , besides having the cats , has got parrots , it 's got erm young African elephants , I 've been to watch |
| 19 | ‘ I 've been to see the referee and he told me to ask the linesman because it was his decision . |
| 20 | ‘ I 've been to see the dog , ’ Anabelle replied , and told him about taking away the dog 's food . |
| 21 | Again they looked at each other in silence , and then he said very slowly , ‘ I 've been to see Beecham and Holden . |
| 22 | ‘ I 've been to see the family ; I 've kept away until now … |
| 23 | Now when I came to see you , I think it were earlier on in the year and I 've been to see er the other doctors . |
| 24 | Well , I 've been to see Mr , and then I was off again to see him , and he said I was right . |
| 25 | I 've been to see her as well as the other two women . |
| 26 | ‘ I 've been to see your husband , ’ she said — I did n't like that at all — ‘ and he asked me to tell you that if you do n't return home by the end of the week he is going to join forces with Kirsty Bull : she 's coming to live in and look after your children . ’ |
| 27 | I 've been to see my mentor four times ! |
| 28 | I 've been to see the magician said Tim . |
| 29 | and she said oh , she said I 've been to see a friend |
| 30 | Never mind , she said to me this morning , she said I 've been to see a friend of yours , I said well who 's that ? |