Example sentences of "he had been to " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | He said he had been to a beauty contest where the audience were mostly farmers . |
| 3 | His elderly assistant , a tiny Tyrolean hat with a feather ( he had been to Austria for nine guineas in 1956 ) , and the rather poker-faced greengrocer lady sported a tinsel crown . |
| 4 | When the meter man came for the last time he spoke of my aunt , and of the many years he had been to the house , so that he felt himself to be almost an old friend . |
| 5 | He gave evidence of Philip Drew 's character and also stated that on 22 June he had been to the cinema in the afternoon . |
| 6 | And she knew that he had been to The Bar over thirty times in seven weeks now . |
| 7 | Where he had been to school , what kind of degree he had got at university . |
| 8 | He had been to Aberdeen and joined the Gordon Highlanders . |
| 9 | Yes , he had been to the Tower himself several times but did not like it there and still less did he like exposing himself in the Waste . |
| 10 | He was already a respected physician in his field , and his opinion was often called for in public hospitals and institutions , which was why he had been to the Foundling Hospital today . |
| 11 | The people , the routine , the boredom : frankly , he had been to hell and back . |
| 12 | He had been to the top in the past and when asked why he had decided against it today , he said : ‘ I was exhausted ! ’ |
| 13 | He had been to his father 's lawyers , to his father 's banking partners and advisors ; to his stockbrokers at the Bourse ; to his accountants . |
| 14 | Before Abbotsfield , he had been to all intents and purposes an honorary member of the Molland family . |
| 15 | He had been to the Top Rank entertainment centre in Reading when all the scientists had gathered one evening to formulate a demand for a 40 per cent pay rise . |
| 16 | He reminisced how loyal he had been to his firm and how cruel he felt was his reward . |
| 17 | When they met Minton asked Searle if he had been to the Royal Academy where The Death of Nelson was hanging in the Summer Exhibition . |
| 18 | He had been to Sandhurst and served in a cavalry regiment before going to Kenya to farm . |
| 19 | Robert had seen the development in varying stages , and had assisted in shipping out tons of building materials , but it was four months since he had been to Barbados and a lot of progress had been made since then . |
| 20 | Since joining the BDDA he had been to every one of its Congresses and his inclusion as third member of this select trio was extremely popular . |
| 21 | She was able to let him go as he was now because she had clarified and confirmed what he had been to her . |
| 22 | He had been to Sweden in 1911 and Norway in 1913 , experiences which encouraged him in the use of a looser technique and a thicker impasto . |
| 23 | How cruel he had been to her ! |
| 24 | Rain asked whether he had been to Sabine Jourdain 's home . |
| 25 | My father once wrote after he had been to the French Legation to dine : " A forty-minute ride across two ravines and a swamp , then a shocking road up to the house on a moonless night is really no fun . " |
| 26 | He had been to the mercy seat and wanted to be a soldier , but there was a problem . |
| 27 | The only certainty was Robert Lester , son of the Bishop of Aherloe , dull but acceptable , although he did n't hunt and was a poor shot ; still , he had been to Winchester ( on a scholarship ) . |
| 28 | ‘ I did n't know you were religious , Balvinder , ’ surprised by his admission that he had been to the gurdwara . |
| 29 | Besides , if he had been to Tyler 's Hard , he would doubtless have recognized Harry from Morpurgo 's account of a strange visitor the previous Saturday . |
| 30 | 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 . |