Example sentences of "been [noun] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's been damage to farm machinery as well … ’ |
| 2 | In the years between the wars G. K. Chesterton and Evelyn Waugh had been converts to Rome . |
| 3 | He too had seen Alfred departing with Beatrice , but unlike Alice he had followed them , and had been witness to Alfred 's humiliating rejection . |
| 4 | ‘ Go up ! ’ he hissed anxiously , hoping he 'd not be heard ; horrified that she had been witness to Gosse 's death . |
| 5 | A few low hovels that had once been homes to river people were now derelict , and an empty building which was once a sailmaker 's and then a barge-builder 's premises now stood empty after its last owner , a steam-traction engineer , foundered in the changing times . |
| 6 | These houses have been homes to squattors for the past 4 years . |
| 7 | The mineralogical modification of the clays has been montmorillonite to illite , kaolinite to illite below about 3000 m , and illite to sericite and chlorite at greater depths . |
| 8 | However , some reports suggested that there had been opposition to Saddam 's decision to invade . |
| 9 | Apart from visits to the local hospital , there have been trips to St Thomas ' Hospital in London , where Graham is seen regularly by one of the world 's most eminent dermatologists . |
| 10 | Jotan 's wife Arkhina was reclining on cushions in a nearby alcove , and her mother , a daughter of Arjun the Great , was engaged in conversation with the widow of her cousin , who had been parent to Nogai . |
| 11 | It 's been home to generations of intrepid time lords , and wo n't be sold for less than fifteen thousand pounds . |
| 12 | The decision was not costly for India — Marsh was bowled shortly afterwards — but most onlookers were convinced that Boon , when 1 , must have been lbw to Kapil Dev . |
| 13 | He had the medical advice of Sir Daniel Davies , who had been physician to Lloyd George and indeed to a number of misguided dignitaries who were influenced by his great reputation . |
| 14 | In the past she has been secretary to Fred Shaw ( company secretary ) , Peter Williams ( finance director and deputy chairman ) , James Moffat ( company director and managing director ) , Paddy Byrne ( chief executive ) before becoming secretary to George Stonier 18 months ago . |
| 15 | Rose knew Ted in this mood : he remembered that he was the son of a man who had been dresser to George Robey , and grandson of a woman who had known Crippen . |
| 16 | Jeremy Taylor , who had at one time been chaplain to Archbishop Laud , was no Calvinist . |
| 17 | There was so much to say , and if they 'd been face to face she would have poured it all out , but as it was … |
| 18 | Explaining their resignations in terms of the desire to " recover [ their ] freedom " , Wade said that he and the other PDS ministers had been excluded from government action and had only been party to decisions over " trivial " issues . |
| 19 | He had to face the fact that he was a killer , he had been party to Burghgesh 's murder . |
| 20 | You should be , if you 've been party to extortion . |
| 21 | ‘ Registrations are running about 300 up on last year ; average prices have been £300 to £500 up on the previous year ; and our commercial customers have been taking top prices for finished Limousin crosses at markets through the UK . |