Example sentences of "been to [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Have you been to that part there ? |
| 3 | Have you ever been to that Corby market ? |
| 4 | Have you been to that Nettos ? |
| 5 | Have you been to that Nettos then ? |
| 6 | Try and make sure it 's dried and then I 'll do it tomorrow morning when I 've been to that playgroup . |
| 7 | I 've been to that house |
| 8 | Have you been to that place , Holiday Inn ? |
| 9 | ‘ I 've been to fifteen funerals of my friends this year . |
| 10 | But let's propose a statement , which through the county treasurer 's report in any detail today , it 's already been to all service committees and I 'm sure you 're very familiar with it 's contents . |
| 11 | Before Abbotsfield , he had been to all intents and purposes an honorary member of the Molland family . |
| 12 | In the view of private and public critics of the Wilberforce sons there was more than filiopietism at issue in their charge that Clarkson claimed leadership in the cause when their father was entitled to it ; they suggested Clarkson had been to all intents and purposes a paid agent of the Abolition Committee . |
| 13 | Britain 's initial position of support for Cramra had been to all intents and purposes relinquished by the end of the meeting . |
| 14 | They say that hunting 's for er er human pleasure , er , I mean personally I 've only been to one hunt , and I do n't see what all the the , the , the , the trouble 's about because the huntsman is only a spectator , it 's the hounds that are hunting the fox and it is to keep the foxes down . |
| 15 | We 've been to one town where many have closed down , and others are struggling to keep their heads above water … |
| 16 | According to a friend Patricia had been to two fortune tellers recently . |
| 17 | ‘ We 've only been to two movies in two-and-a-half years , ’ he says . |
| 18 | Tony Ward , spokesman for the British Athletic Federation , said : ‘ Joan has been to two world and two European Championships and one Olympics . |
| 19 | A few had been to other universities , to Sandhurst , Dartmouth or an agricultural college , making 190 in all who had had some form of higher education . |
| 20 | ‘ We have been to other schools . |
| 21 | ‘ They 'd been to other schools and the standard is high ? |
| 22 | I 'd never been to New Earth before . |
| 23 | really s I 've been to dental hygiene cos I thought |
| 24 | ‘ Have you been to eleven Creffield Road ? ’ he asked smugly . |
| 25 | There are many people who come into English-language teaching without having passed through formal pedagogic processes , so that when they are confronted with the terminology of the subject , they may be at a disadvantage to those who have already been to teacher-training college or who have a university degree in linguistics . |
| 26 | For a man of my age I have n't been to many funerals , the result of belonging to a much reduced family and having a limited acquaintance . |
| 27 | ‘ After all that we 've been to each other over the years , Dane , darling … ’ |
| 28 | ‘ You never did tell me just exactly what you and Marianne had been to each other in the past . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Work , ’ she told him quietly , her eyes seeking the dark depths of his for something that would relate to what they had once been to each other in Seville . |
| 30 | This was a soft seduction of her senses , a sensuous reminder of what they had been to each other and what they had lost . |