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How do you use Been in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.

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Been in a sentence

Been meaning

  1. past participle of be.
  2. remote past form of be.

Using Been

  • The main meaning on this page is: past participle of be. | remote past form of be.
  • In the example corpus, been often appears in combinations such as: have been, has been, had been.

Context around Been

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 34.9 words
  • Position in the sentence: 17 start, 3 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Been

  • In this selection, "been" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 34.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, resigned, having, continuously, promoted, given and killed stand out and add context to how "been" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include 000 have been injured hundreds and and had been seated though. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "been" sits close to words such as or, also and were, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with been

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Earnings have been rolling in and while the results have been solid, the reactions have been mixed. (17 words)

THE tables have been packed away, the banners have been refurled, the leaflets have been given out, and the contact details have been exchanged. (24 words)

Exchange rates have been allowed to float, price controls on gasoline have been loosened, and government spending has been reduced while tax collection has been improved. (26 words)

The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind: but it has been delayed till I am indifferent and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary and cannot impart it; till I am known and do not want it. (49 words)

At least 325 people have since been killed, primarily by state security forces and pro-government armed groups; more than 2,000 have been injured; hundreds have been arbitrarily detained; and tens of thousands have been forced to flee to Costa Rica. (42 words)

There have been seven instances where it would have been if the President or Acting President had died, resigned, been removed from office, or been disabled: * During the first two years of this Act being in effect there was no Vice President. (42 words)

Example sentences (20)

As much as there have been freak injuries this season, including Nick Pope's shoulder lay-off and Harvey Barnes' foot issue, there have been others where there have been legitimate questions asked internally about whether they could have been avoided.

Patrick Stewart has been promoted to director of pro personnel, Sam Fioroni has been promoted to assistant director of pro personnel, Marshall Oium has been promoted to director of football strategy and Marquis Dickerson has been promoted to a pro scout.

THE tables have been packed away, the banners have been refurled, the leaflets have been given out, and the contact details have been exchanged.

At least 325 people have since been killed, primarily by state security forces and pro-government armed groups; more than 2,000 have been injured; hundreds have been arbitrarily detained; and tens of thousands have been forced to flee to Costa Rica.

Exchange rates have been allowed to float, price controls on gasoline have been loosened, and government spending has been reduced while tax collection has been improved.

Once these targets had been identified, they would have been subject to what in essence would have been combined tactical nuclear weapons attacks by the V-Force until they had all been identified and/or destroyed.

The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind: but it has been delayed till I am indifferent and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary and cannot impart it; till I am known and do not want it.

There have been seven instances where it would have been if the President or Acting President had died, resigned, been removed from office, or been disabled: * During the first two years of this Act being in effect there was no Vice President.

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And as to the business continuity in Russia, as for Russia, although we have been sharing idea in the past, of course, there has been some economic sanctions that has been imposed on Russia.

And we have been supporting the numerous strikes that have been taking place – we have been on picket lines with the bus drivers, nurses, ambulance drivers, rail and postal workers, as well as others.

An unauthorised access to the site had already been created, and would have been replaced with a new access “opposite the entrance of a former quarry” if the plans had been approved.

But conversely Nigerians have been crushed as not less than twenty one (21), and by some accounts thirty (30) people have been reported as having been killed in the course of the 18 March elections.

By then, Powell had also won the 1968 regularly scheduled election and had been seated, though without the seniority and committee positions that would normally have been given to someone who had continuously been a House member.

Earnings have been rolling in and while the results have been solid, the reactions have been mixed.

Gary has been and still is an outstanding CFO and been that for seven years, and he's been very instrumental on the execution of our strategy, which has supported the results that we've delivered today.

He had been named Moïse’s prime minister just days before the assassination, but had not yet been installed—and to some, his appointment was unconstitutional because he had not been elected.

He has been inside for the last 16 months and said it "hasn't been a nice experience" but he believes he has been treated well by the prison system.

He said, “We have been paying levies to bandits just because we have nobody to protect us and we have been reporting this issue to both the state and the local governments but nothing has been done.

His followers who have been closely following his fight against terminal cancer - against which he has defied doctors’ predictions, had been worried when he revealed he had been ‘pretty unwell this week’.

Historically, there has only been one seat at the table for women and women have had to fight each other for it and it’s been quite a hostile environment because we’ve all been pitted against each other.

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Common combinations with been

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "been" in a sentence?
An example: "As much as there have been freak injuries this season, including Nick Pope's shoulder lay-off and Harvey Barnes' foot issue, there have been others where there have been legitimate questions asked internally about whether they could have been avoided." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "been" from authentic English texts.
What does "been" mean?
Been means: past participle of be.
How many example sentences with "been" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "been", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.