Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb -s] [been] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | What the district around Takrit was to Saddam , Oltenia has been to the Ceauşescus . |
| 2 | Taylor has been to Rome to talk to Gascoigne , whose last serious outing saw him carried off in the 1991 FA Cup final against Nottingham Forest with knee ligament damage . |
| 3 | He would have been very satisfied to know what a comfort Steven has been to our family , how understanding , how supportive a friend in time of need , a valuable help to us in everything from fixing the car , taking over day to day decisions affecting the business/work/ Annabelle 's job , to just being there when we wanted advice and assistance . |
| 4 | ‘ Actually , there 's quite a good exchange on those lines in Catch-22 , the movie — much underrated film — which is n't in the book , so Buck Henry must have written it , where Nately 's been killed and Yossarian 's been to Milo 's whorehouse to see Nately 's whore and Milo 's picked him up in the half-track and he 's saying Nately died a rich man ; he had such-and-such a number of shares in M&M enterprises , and Yossarian says — ’ |
| 5 | I do n't Pete 's been to me mum 's for about six months . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's amazing what a help Olivia has been to me . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Philip 's been to the library , ’ said his Mum . |
| 8 | Simon Garrett has been to Suffolk , home of Greene King , to report on the battle of the brewers |
| 9 | Well , I , I , I mean I 've been to one , to a meeting , they had in Manchester a few years ago , Irene 's been to some . |
| 10 | Tim Russon has been to the King 's Home ground to preview the match . |
| 11 | Beryl Davies has been to several meetings of the Shropshire A. S. M. group . |
| 12 | And Tim has been to nursery today . |
| 13 | Jayne 's been to she did n't did she ? |
| 14 | Tony Ward , spokesman for the British Athletic Federation , said : ‘ Joan has been to two world and two European Championships and one Olympics . |
| 15 | Well why not men go to the bleeding , er well it 's like I 've never been to a proper hen night , Gary 's been to a , a stag night , with female strippers , I 'd like to go to a stag , er a hen night |
| 16 | Beasant has been to hell and back since he was publicly blamed by manager Ian Porterfield for Saturday 's 3-2 home defeat by Norwich , and was told he was finished at the club . |
| 17 | Wesley Smith has been to the company 's American headquarters to compile this special report . |
| 18 | Max has been to numerous rehearsals with his celebrity owner and once appeared on breakfast TV . |