Example sentences of "[verb] been [adv] to [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the little tousle-headed , dirty , tanned , bold toddler that was me might well have been up to some sort of mischief involving the beast . |
| 2 | ‘ The fuzz would have been on to that straight away . |
| 3 | In the evenings , after Granpa had come home for supper and the old man had gone off to the pub , I soon became bored just sitting around listening to what my sisters had been up to all day ; so I joined the Whitechapel Boys ' Club . |
| 4 | On the previous days they had been out to some meals , but she had also cooked for them . |
| 5 | At the end of the protracted negotiations with her great-aunt 's executors , and the vendor 's solicitors , Hugh and Molly had been out to several dinners in bistros , for which she insisted she paid her share . |
| 6 | If it had been down to that one offence , Daine would be in court for ever , kept on life support until the end of the trial , or until the judge ruled that enough medical alterations had been made to render the accused legally another entity entirely . |
| 7 | I 've been on to this morning , asked me to and they have got thirty palettes there at the moment . |
| 8 | ‘ D' you mind tellin' me what you 've been up to all day ? ’ demanded Dolly . |
| 9 | You 've been round to all the branches ? |
| 10 | We 've been back to some of the places in the film to see what changes there 've been and to talk to some of the people who were in the original film . |
| 11 | We 've been back to some of the houses featured in the original film to see how they 've changed . |
| 12 | mind you , I 've , we 've just finished eating our tea , we 've been out to all hours doing the lawn , you know cutting the lawns all round the house |
| 13 | I have been around to all of them , most of the shops in the town and we will be patrolling all the time . |
| 14 | I have been around to all of them , most of the shops in the town and we will be patrolling all the time . |
| 15 | Erm on the audit side both Karen and I have been round to all the branches in order to deal with our old equipment . |