Example sentences of "'d [been] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No I 'd been to shop . |
| 2 | Kenneth came across it while returning from a far-flung artist 's studio where he 'd been to purchase a John Miller watercolour for my birthday . |
| 3 | Leith was sitting stunned , with her glasses still in her hand , when a minute later Jimmy rushed in with the papers he 'd been to collect . |
| 4 | Their friendship had straggled on in a passive sort of way ; he 'd been to see her in Brighton and played the romantic flirt , talking of Brief Encounter in the pub and putting his hand on her knee . |
| 5 | He said that an old friend was in St Mary 's Hospital and he 'd been to see him . |
| 6 | I 'd been to see my great-aunt 's solicitors in Glasgow and they gave me the keys . |
| 7 | My friend called me and said you 'd been to see him and were asking about a Russian cross . |
| 8 | He 'd nothing to say to her ; he did n't even plan to tell her that he 'd been to see her . |
| 9 | He said he 'd been to see Ben who was living on the Jonquil . |
| 10 | Robert said he 'd been to see you in Brno recently ; hope it was a good weekend . |
| 11 | But , after we 'd been to see Mrs Diamond , she was like you … . |
| 12 | ‘ This particular evening we 'd been to see the latest Lloyd Webber musical and I was high on the music , treading on air … ’ |
| 13 | I was just saying to Malcolm how surprised I 'd been to see so many your men at Doreen 's funeral , but I shut up when the police arrived . |
| 14 | He 'd been to see his girlfriend in Southampton and was on his way to see his parents in Sheffield . |
| 15 | and quite a lot of the nurses used to walk their nurses , I mean they 're er war trained and unarmed combat and they 're wardens , let's face it , they 're not nurses , and one of them was saying to me , oh we had a fellow in the other day , he 'd , he 'd a , fallen up the police stations steps I think erm , he said that he 'd been to see the do gooders , he had this interview |
| 16 | Waiting for this programme and erm when the husband , her partner went home they 'd been to see this , I do n't know quite what happened |
| 17 | The last dying patient I 'd been to visit in this hospital had been the caretaker of our Health Centre , in much pain from a carcinoma of the pancreas . |
| 18 | He told the hearing that the night before the body was found , he 'd been to visit Hawkins with another man Michael Talbot . |
| 19 | She 'd been to visit her estranged husband at the house the couple used to share at Hardwicke . |
| 20 | It had been an exciting day for the children : they 'd been to watch pedal-car racing at the village school and the older ones had spent the afternoon in the garden with Monika making brightly coloured carnival masks . |
| 21 | and she said no she 'd been to pay her poll tax over there , she said she 'd had a rest in one of the shops over there on the way |
| 22 | And I 'd been to top standard as it was then it was standard seven , and as the er you know now they let when the when they 've somebody in so long they let them walk about and come home and all so That time of day you got to you 'd got to pass examins and exams and such like as that . |
| 23 | I 'd been to work all day and I 'd been and been running sheets off all night . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'd been to have a bun and a squint at Mrs Y 's telly , or , to put it another way , Inspector , doing a pastoral visit to a sick member of the congregation . ’ |
| 25 | Honestly , girl , if you only knew where I 'd been to try and find you ! ’ |
| 26 | She apologised for the mess , wiping her hands on her apron and then shaking my hand while I said how sorry I 'd been to hear . |