Example sentences of "[verb] be to [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I see you 've been to the hospital , or something like that . |
| 2 | She tells me she has been to every temple on the Greek islands of Mykonos and Santorini . |
| 3 | The only " reason " given by Anderson — " I changed my mind " ( p. 87 ) — clearly violates the maxim of quantity in providing too little information , and his excuse , that he " did n't realize it mattered " , violates the maxim of quality because , being a Cambridge don who has been to a number of overseas conferences , he will be well aware of the procedures involved . |
| 4 | Anyone who has been to a concert by Fine Arts Brass will know the group combines virtuosity with versatility , playing music of all styles with equal flair and placing the emphasis very much on entertainment . |
| 5 | ‘ Tagan is our best tracker , ’ Ratagan said , ‘ and he has been to the Greshorns . ’ |
| 6 | He is very affectionate , and I would n't be without him now , and he has been to the vet 's for his injections so as to avoid another disaster . |
| 7 | Tim Russon has been to the King 's Home ground to preview the match . |
| 8 | Wesley Smith has been to the company 's American headquarters to compile this special report . |
| 9 | The great thing is that everybody has been to the cinema , and many have had a strange experience there . ’ |
| 10 | That price has been to the moon and back again , helped by the Hunt brothers from Texas , who tried to corner the market and found that it , in fact , cornered them . |
| 11 | Recently , SAVE has been to the rescue of a small but delightful Methodist chapel in a Lincolnshire village , to stop it being dismantled and shipped to the USA ; the Pavilion Theatre at Ryde on the Isle of Wight , which the local council had agreed to demolish ; and a popular Hampstead pub , Jack Straw 's Castle , which , though an important work by the architect Raymond Erith , the brewers wished to alter radically . |
| 12 | The frequent attention given to the management of river banks has made many unsuitable for the nesting of Kingfishers , and the frequent clearance of marginal vegetation has been to the detriment of species such as the Reed Bunting , Sedge and Reed Warbler . |
| 13 | The use has led to further commercialism of the land and has been to the detriment of the rural character of the area , they say . |
| 14 | As anyone who has been to the college and visited the course will know , the main attraction in the HNC Rock Music ( Performer ) is the drum kit which featured in Tutti Frutti , that most Scottish , contemporary and successful of entertainments . |
| 15 | The most that the British knew about armies was that intermittently over four or five centuries they got together in a sort of militia or Home Guard in case the enemy arrived , and the necessity of a state to run the affairs of the country for the country 's salvation , was never so present to the British mind as it always has been to the minds of most continental people . |
| 16 | Congress , G M B has been to the forefront of the campaign to ensure that the laws of this country are brought into line with European legislation . |
| 17 | The top two sheets are almost a summary , for all the staff that I never actually got sent out , but it has been to the staff consultative committee , who who gave it a nod . |
| 18 | More recently , the primary threat has been to the highlanders ' land , although coerced labour and unequal trade continue . |
| 19 | What the district around Takrit was to Saddam , Oltenia has been to the Ceauşescus . |
| 20 | What is remarkable is how little political opposition there has been to the programme to date . |
| 21 | The ‘ Fury and the Spitfire has been to an airshow the previous day at Yeovilton , they had then flown to Humberside for another airshow and were on their way home . |
| 22 | And he did n't have to explain where he 'd been to a wife who has different ideas of a swinging time . |
| 23 | and this is really sad , and he told me mum that he 'd been to a hairdressers and done it . |
| 24 | I 'd been , a few weeks ago I 'd been to a wedding , and it was the most boring |
| 25 | ‘ I 'd been to a party at Cipriani 's in The Strand which went on all hours . |
| 26 | Said he 'd been to a party . |
| 27 | He may well be a transvestite , but I ca n't help wondering whether the make-up was simply a blind to ‘ Prove ’ , as it were , that he 'd been to a party that night , in case anyone picked him up . |
| 28 | We 'd been to a party with Nancy and Frank . |
| 29 | She 'd been to a lot of trouble finding something original , something you 'd enjoy . ’ |
| 30 | When she 'd calmed down she asked me if I 'd been to the doctors , and we made arrangements for her to take me down . |