Example sentences of "[noun] have [adv] been to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Antony has n't been to the dentist for about six years ! |
| 2 | Graham Turner 's future has also been to the fore recently but for different reasons . |
| 3 | We was in this railway station and Marie had just been to the dentist . |
| 4 | The Chairman of Orkney Island Council Social Work Committee , Councillor Mairhi Trickett denied that any members of her department had ever been to any courses or seminars on the subject of ritual or satanic abuse . |
| 5 | Little Gino , whose ambition had always been to be taller than four foot ten , had got a little too interested when it was his turn and even in the candlelight we could all see that he 'd deliberately got his charm bracelet tangled in one of Sorrel 's suspenders . |
| 6 | It was chairman Lord Rees 's first visit to LASMO Colombia , while chief executive Chris Greentree had not been to Bogota for five years . |
| 7 | Mrs Ditchburn had just been to her local shops at Cotteslow to buy her great-grandson a birthday card when she was set upon . |
| 8 | Jane had never been to the aerodrome before — not actually past the guardroom and through the gates — and she had n't known what to expect that night . |
| 9 | Maggie had never been to the St Andrew 's Halls , and was looking forward to it . |
| 10 | Maggie had never been to the big barn before , the one that had looked so imposing from the air . |
| 11 | A report from a social worker revealed the girl had not been to school since November last year . |
| 12 | It 's absolutely clear that the public body should be doing work for private sector organisations , and er , to my knowledge , Lincolnshire County Council have not been to that particular erm , definition , although other authorities do and I have had to stop other authorities undertaking contracts where they are er private sector organisations . |
| 13 | Q My 3-year-old mongrel has just been to the vet to have his teeth cleaned , as a checkup revealed that he had dental problems . |
| 14 | For contaminated groundwater , the standard process has generally been to pump-and-treat the water on-site , with subsequent recharging to the aquifer or disposal to a sewer . |
| 15 | The Shah had repeatedly been to American during the last thirty years. ; he had been welcomed with full honours as not only an important chief of state by also a vital ally by every single president since Harry Truman . |
| 16 | Even where individuals have not been to the West Indies themselves , they often live in a household with an older person of the same generation ( e.g. an older sibling ) who either was born there or has spent some time there . |
| 17 | I understand that my right hon. Friend has just been to Oman , so perhaps he can give the House some information . |
| 18 | In profit-oriented organizations this emphasis has not been to the exclusion of performance measures for the simple reason that , because of the existence of the profit measure , the stewardship accounts can be analysed to yield pointers to performance . |
| 19 | His wife had invariably been to lambing and , sometimes , calving courses . |
| 20 | Very few writers had actually been to the world outside Europe . |
| 21 | Fran had only been to the luxurious floating restaurant a couple of times , but knew from experience that the food was excellent and very expensive . |
| 22 | Joseph had subsequently been to the villa on the Cap and talked about a show in New York . |
| 23 | Jumble sales are my passion , and I was amazed to hear that my friend had never been to one . |
| 24 | Members of the BSS UK have recently been to Belgium to select another importation of 60 sheep ; all are ordered for pedigree flocks in Britain . |
| 25 | Victim Sue Howat joked : ‘ And before you ask , No , Mr Mellor has never been to my flat . ’ |
| 26 | From start to finish quality control has always been to the fore at Guinness Dublin where the company has had its own laboratories for over a century . |
| 27 | Rainbow has n't been to Goldie 's house in years . |
| 28 | Sorge had never been to Langley before . |
| 29 | She had hoped to talk to him , to suggest that he ring Maureen , who knew quite well that her niece had never been to Venice before . |
| 30 | The manager had often been to Holborn , and drunk her father 's wine . |