Example sentences of "time [pers pn] [vb past] been to " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was the first time I had been to the house and it seemed enormous . |
| 2 | Last time I had been to Paris they had rescued me from the freezing streets and hungry wolf packs . ) |
| 3 | The last time she had been to the office she had been confined in a poky little interview room near the editor 's office , but she hoped to avoid that fate this time . |
| 4 | By the time they had been to make-up , and tramped back up the stairs to have another drink , a definite uneasiness was beginning to settle over the whole company . |
| 5 | As Elijah Moshinsky looked out from the roof-top coffee shop of the plush hotel overlooking Plymouth Hoe — in which he is ensconced during rehearsals of Shadowlands — he confessed that this was the first time he had been to Plymouth in his life . |
| 6 | Athelstan stood in the hallway looking carefully around for this was the first time he had been to Cranston 's house and met his wife . |