Example sentences of "[pers pn] 've be to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I 've been to Rome and places like that . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's ages since I 've been to Hyde Park . |
| 3 | ‘ As this is the first time I 've been to Ca ’ del Leone , the answer must be no . ’ |
| 4 | I 've been to Germany and Austria skiing , I 've been to , er we went to Italy but I was , you know , I was quite a bit younger and it was n't for very long . |
| 5 | But if the police learn I 've been to America , they 'll ask why . |
| 6 | I 've always been skiing with my parents , so I 've been to America to visit friends , and that 's not been like sightseeing , or something , and I just have n't been anywhere , and erm , I mean , I suppose I 've been to a lot more countries than a lot of people who 've , you know , there 's a lot of people who have n't |
| 7 | ‘ Did Mrs Fairfax tell you I 've been to London ? ’ he asked . |
| 8 | Is it not supposed to be pussy cat , pussy cat where have you been , I 've been to London to see the queen ? |
| 9 | Pussy cat , pussy cat where have you been , I 've been to London to visit the king , pussy cat , pussy cat what were you there , I frightened a little mouse under the chair |
| 10 | I 've been to London . |
| 11 | I 've been to Newark on a Friday night and stood in a line with others on a night shift at a w wooden hut in the yard whilst a clerk from the pay office came to meet us , the day shift finishing at er , say five o'clock . |
| 12 | he says I 've been to Wembley |
| 13 | I 've been to Calais before . |
| 14 | When are we gon na have rules revisions , there 's a long way to go and as the , the er General Secretary said , be careful , because I 've been to talks with , on , from the Regional Committee with the T & G yes we got on lovely with them , they 're fine , they , they gave us a nice big er commemorative medal of the dockers ' strike and it 's got my granddad and my great granddad on it cos they was there in the other union mind you while we 've done all the striking and that they stood by , but nevertheless they 're not bad lads anyway and as John said we must be careful that we are not the ones that are gon na be taken over , because I remember that old song of the fifties , never smile at a crocodile |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm going there myself when I 've been to Brooksby . |
| 16 | I 've been to Fincara 's Isle and spoken to her ! ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I 've been to India , kid ; that ai n't nuthin . ’ |
| 18 | I , I , I 've been to church twice |
| 19 | I 've been to Austria , yeah . |
| 20 | I 've been to Oxford Circus , stayed there from one o'clock to four o'clock , wandering about . |
| 21 | Though , of course , I 've been to Italy before . ’ |
| 22 | I , I waited until I got back into Switzerland before I said I 've been to Italy and I have n't got a scratch on the car . |
| 23 | ‘ I 've been to Appleby , ’ I said , ‘ to the gypsy horse fair . ’ |
| 24 | I 've been to Nettos this morning . |
| 25 | I 've , I 've been to Cornwall but I was so small . |
| 26 | I 'm not always very good at saying what I mean , except at work , that is ; I 've been to Europe and the States but never to Nineveh and Distant Ophir ; I do n't have much time — literally — for the arts , though I 'm not against them in any way , you understand ( sometimes there 's a nice concert on the car radio ; like most people I read a book or two on holiday ) ; and I do n't give much of a thought to my clothes beyond looking smart at work and feeling comfortable when I get home . |
| 27 | I 've been to Penzance . |
| 28 | I 've been to Stanford Hall where they have you in a circle but at least , I think , wh however you sit , you must have a president in front of you in a chair and someone to keep a little bit of order . |
| 29 | The weekly motoring experience of Mr Dempsey ( ‘ We 're in it together ’ , 28 October ) presumably consists of a trip to Tesco 's in a car covered with ‘ I 've been to Blackpool ’ stickers and furry dice dangling from the mirror . |
| 30 | And then erm I was at home for a while , and then I was living with friends in Birmingham , and in , in between time I 've been to Leeds and London . |