Example sentences of "we [vb past] been [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Luckily the others still were n't back so he made me write a note saying we 'd been called to London on some family matter and we took the next train from Cheltenham station . ’ |
| 2 | We 'd been planning to completely redecorate our home from top to bottom , and at first I just could n't face doing it alone . |
| 3 | They knew we 'd been talking to their pop idols and they just wanted to touch us . |
| 4 | We 'd been moaning to Malcolm about wanting to play some gigs . |
| 5 | We had been invited to Romania to show us how safe it was and how much fun the skiing could be in Poiana Brasov . |
| 6 | We had been admitted to my university , though only just ; it was under ten years since Cambridge has allowed women to take degrees ( and one don still addressed a hall full of students as ‘ gentlemen ’ ) . |
| 7 | But this was a great feeling of what we had been used to over the years in watching American movies and , with our tongue in cheek and a bit of a giggle , seeing the adventures of the cavalry arriving , And for the first time in our years of combat I had a glow , a rosy glow , inside me and I knew and was certain for the very first time now we could not be beaten . |
| 8 | He was a senior , dedicated member , and it did n't at first appear that he had committed any atrocities , but we later found out that he was responsible for denouncing people who had anti-Fascist sympathies , and that it was because of him that we had been taken to Tabiano . |
| 9 | During our journey we had been taken to Sherwood Forest , where we had a short while to look around and similarly at Chatsworth house . |