Her girlhood dream had been to study painting.

她少女时代的梦想是学绘画。

In my youth my ambition had been to be an inventor.

在我年轻时我的抱负曾是当一名发明家。

The party had been to the grouse moors that morning.

这支队伍那天早晨已经去过了松鸡沼泽。

She'd never spoke to him before, but Mrs. Craven had been to our cottage two or three times.

她以前从未和他说过话，但克雷文夫人去过我们的小屋两三次。

Antarctica left me awestruck by its majesty and beauty with a feeling that I had been to a magical place.

南极洲的雄伟和美丽使我惊叹不已，感到我已经到了一个有魔力的地方。

His original plan had been to go to Tioga.

他原计划是去泰奥加。

She said she had been to a restaurant.

她说她曾经去过一个餐馆。

Oh, I had been to the airport that time.

哦，那时我已经去机场了。

My friend learned that the police had been to the flats.

我的朋友得知警察来过大楼。

I had been to Penn only one day, in October of my senior year.

我只在宾夕法尼亚州立大学呆过一天，那是在我毕业那年的十月份。

Born in California, he had been to China only once on a family trip.

他出生于加州，此前只是在陪家人旅行时到过一次中国。

I wanted to be gracious and encouraging, as George Bush had been to me.

我希望能够写得有风度、鼓舞人，就像老布什写给我的一样。

He radiated scorn for those who, unlike himself, had been to university.

他四处散布对上过大学的人的轻蔑之词——不像他，没上过大学。

Hester's first motion had been to cover her bosom with her clasped hands.

海丝特的第一个动作就是想用合着的双手来捂住胸膛。

She had just understood how ridiculous it had been to envy Professor Burns.

她刚刚才意识到原来嫉妒博恩斯教授是一件多么可笑的事。

One of our main objectives had been to search for the children of one of our staff.

我们的主要任务之一是搜寻同事的小孩。

New reports of the clash suggested the anti-whaling activists had been to blame.

关于此次撞击事件的最新报道暗示了反对捕鲸的活动人士负有责任。

Her idea had been to get together sufficient money during the summer to purchase another horse.

她原来的想法是要在夏季里挣一笔钱，再买一匹马。

He told me that he had been to the U.S. before (when he was 19) so it felt familiar to him.

韩庚告诉我他 19 岁时已来过美国，所以感觉很熟悉。

Let us also say that, on their side, Cosette and Marius had also been absent. They had been to Vernon.

我们还要谈到，马吕斯和珂赛特他们也曾离开过家，他们到过维尔农。

All it had done since winning control of the Diet's upper house in July 2007 had been to block the LDP.

而自从于2007年7月赢得国会上议院控制权后，它所做的都是为阻挡自民党。

She continued: "When Charlie died, Sarah said I had no idea how special he had been to her - but now I do."

她接着说：“当查理死的时候莎拉告诉我她无法形容我儿子在她生命中的意义。起初我不明白这句话，但是我现在我知道了。”

The man thought that since his son had been to college, read the papers, listened to the radio and watched TV.

男人想了想，儿子上过大学，读了报纸，听了广播，看了电视。

The leading proposal to rescue Lehman had been to divide the bank into two entities, a “good bank” and a “bad bank.”

根据两位介绍方案的人说，最主要的拯救雷曼的方案是把这家银行一分为二：一家“好银行”和一家“坏银行”。

None of the seven traveling members had been to Paris before, so that was the most eagerly anticipated park, he added.

七名旅行者以前都没有去过巴黎，所以巴黎的乐园是最令人热切期待的，他补充说。

It hasn't put me off hitching, but it did make me realise how stupid I had been to get into a van with a man I didn't trust.

这并没有阻止我继续搭车，但是这让我明白和一个不信任的男人进一辆运货车是多么愚蠢。