Example sentences of "have been to [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tony Ward , spokesman for the British Athletic Federation , said : ‘ Joan has been to two world and two European Championships and one Olympics . |
| 2 | A team of wildlife biologists from the Worldwide Fund for Nature ( WWF ) has been to able study the Javanese rhinoceros , considered the world 's rarest large mammal , by recording them with hidden cameras . |
| 3 | As outlined in para 3.3 below , the City Code applies to takeovers of certain categories of private companies ( broadly where the equity share capital has been to some extent publicly held at any time within the ten years prior to the offer ) . |
| 4 | The exemption does not apply if the equity share capital of the private company has been to some extent publicly held at any time within the ten years prior to the offer . |
| 5 | Now she 'd done some training as a secretary — she 'd been to secretarial college . |
| 6 | Although before this year he 'd been to fewer golf tournaments than we had cold drinks on that hot September afternoon , he still has fond memories of watching Arnold Palmer win the Colonial NIT close to his hometown of Dallas in 1962 . |
| 7 | But our crowded islands were as vulnerable as Japan 's had been to atomic attack , and there appeared to be no sure defence against it . |
| 8 | It may be that demands were made beyond the capability of a particular individual , or the person concerned may simply have been to some degree in ill health . |
| 9 | The other , John Beaumont , may also have been to some extent Gloucester 's man since he and his putative father Sir Henry Bodrugan went on to become supporters of Richard III in the region . |
| 10 | The other , John Beaumont , may also have been to some extent Gloucester 's man since he and his putative father Sir Henry Bodrugan went on to become supporters of Richard III in the region . |
| 11 | He had been Town Sergeant from 1846 , and a formidable character he must have been to any offender . |
| 12 | Indeed , I recall that shortly after Miss Kenton 's departure to Cornwall in 1936 , myself never having been to that part of the country , I would often glance through Volume III of Mrs Symons 's work , the volume which describes to readers the delights of Devon and Cornwall , complete with photographs and — to my mind even more evocative — a variety of artists ' sketches of that region . |
| 13 | According to a friend Patricia had been to two fortune tellers recently . |
| 14 | ‘ You never did tell me just exactly what you and Marianne had been to each other in the past . ’ |
| 15 | This was a soft seduction of her senses , a sensuous reminder of what they had been to each other and what they had lost . |
| 16 | On the other hand , Memet had been to public school , so that had probably finished him off … |
| 17 | It was obvious that Bonard had been to considerable trouble to arrange for the members of his class to meet people with similar interests to their own . |
| 18 | It 's claimed the night she died , Kim had been to this nightclub near the Champs Elysees and had returned late with a friend and the accused . |
| 19 | The morning after I had been to this party at the Spanish Embassy , I received an invitation from the Spanish Ambassador and Señora Puig de la Bellacasa to go to their Farewell Party . |
| 20 | Try and make sure it 's dried and then I 'll do it tomorrow morning when I 've been to that playgroup . |
| 21 | I 've been to that house |
| 22 | really s I 've been to dental hygiene cos I thought |
| 23 | Yes and er if I might s oh I er do n't know I 've been to bloody shop meself but I ai n't sorry about it , cos I 've done what I 've wanted to do and I 've enjoyed what I 've done and erm the authorities they get 'd me that on er hardship grounds there , as I say , being on er residential premise and er they showed me great respect and er |
| 24 | Well he 's taken us out when they 've been to bloody shop working and come back and wa I admitted that , but I mean just to go out for an evening . |
| 25 | ‘ After all that we 've been to each other over the years , Dane , darling … ’ |
| 26 | We 've been to one town where many have closed down , and others are struggling to keep their heads above water … |
| 27 | ‘ And where d' you think you 've been to this time of night ? ’ |
| 28 | Are you sure you 've been to this place before ? " |
| 29 | Foreigners are flooding the market — in the last three weeks alone , six Norwegians have been to Premier League clubs on trial . |
| 30 | Calls for innovation and for productivity related ‘ intensive ’ growth have been to little avail . |