Example sentences of "[noun prp] have 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 | Veronica had been to the flat : was n't it possible she might have left something behind which Loretta could claim to have found ? |
| 5 | Police said David had been to a pal 's engagement party at a nearby pub but how he was killed remained a mystery . |
| 6 | And she knew how urgent and fervent their kisses had been , how close Lucy had been to abandoning whatever it was that held her back , made her withhold her beautiful body . |
| 7 | Mr Trelawney had been to sea before and knew enough to be useful , and one of the men , Israel Hands , was a careful and experienced seaman who was able to help with almost anything . |
| 8 | Angus had been to the town and he made his way back to his cottage along the shore . |
| 9 | He had been as anonymous to Aldhelm as Aldhelm had been to him . |
| 10 | ‘ 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 — ’ |
| 11 | On the other hand , Memet had been to public school , so that had probably finished him off … |
| 12 | The man leading the hunt for the killer , Det Chief Insp Barry Hill , said forensic experts from Wetherby had been to the scene . |
| 13 | It 's , it was , it was er er sheer coincidence that Beverley had been to Crete the year before and I said to Jackie we 've been to Yugoslavia four years , do you want , do you want a change or do you wan na go back to Yugoslavia , she said well I 'll , I 'll have a look , I said how about , how about going to the Greek islands for a change |
| 14 | She 's in April , she and Anthony had been to Florence for four days . |
| 15 | It 's claimed the night she died , Kim had been to this nightclub near the Champs Elysees and had returned late with a friend and the accused . |
| 16 | Now he was sharp and alert and as curt and direct as Sandison had been to him the day before . |
| 17 | " All men fought ; all men in England had been to India for the duration of the last war , leaving behind them a country of women . |
| 18 | Ruth had been to the shops or round at the flat of some girl child never previously mentioned . |
| 19 | I do n't Pete 's been to me mum 's for about six months . |
| 20 | ‘ It 's amazing what a help Olivia has been to me . ’ |
| 21 | Everyone he had met in Fontanellato had been very kind , a good deal kinder than the people of Štanjel had been to his successor ; which was encouraging . |
| 22 | In the view of private and public critics of the Wilberforce sons there was more than filiopietism at issue in their charge that Clarkson claimed leadership in the cause when their father was entitled to it ; they suggested Clarkson had been to all intents and purposes a paid agent of the Abolition Committee . |
| 23 | It was obvious that Bonard had been to considerable trouble to arrange for the members of his class to meet people with similar interests to their own . |
| 24 | Arthur and Fred had been to school together . |
| 25 | She and Havvie had been to a flower show . |
| 26 | He and Elinor had been to the council offices and I had still not come home when they got back . |
| 27 | Lily had been to dancing class — but so had Daisy and Ethel , just as all three at Dad 's especial wish had spent many hours learning the piano . |
| 28 | Well consider again this brief moment , where we 're given a new glimpse of someone last seen surrounded by a God-like power , the rector of Clongoes , where the young and impressionable Stephen had been to school . |
| 29 | Swindon 's glory days in the FA Cup were a long time ago while Cambridge have been to the quarter finals two years running . |
| 30 | Philip had been to Barry 's house once with his Mum . |