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Benfica is an English word starting with the letter B. With 10+ example sentences you'll see exactly how it works in context.

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Benfica in a sentence

Using Benfica

  • In the example corpus, benfica often appears in combinations such as: from benfica, against benfica, benfica in.

Context around Benfica

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 28.6 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 13 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

host 1× loan 1×

Often after:

star 1× rejected 1× adamant 1× goztepe 1× defence 1× inter 1× respecitvely 1× forward 1×

Sentence patterns with Benfica

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

after benfica rejected their 1× brugge host benfica 1× fernandez from benfica 1× final against benfica it became 1× friendlies against benfica goztepe and 1× instalments with benfica adamant he 1× is why benfica are keen 1× liveprool and benfica respecitvely while 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a cameo appearance 1× after benfica rejected 1× an offer of 1× an opening draw 1× charlton opened the 1× chelsea are another 1×

Common sentence endings:

a helpless butland 1× brugge host benfica 1× defeat to bournemouth 1× fernandez from benfica 1× for a winner 1× idea at all 1×

Words around Benfica

Just before it in the word index:

benfey 5 benfer 2 benewah 2 benevolently 5 benevolent 223 benevolence 65

Just after it in the word index:

benfield 21 benfis 2 benfits 2 benfleet 9 benfold 2 benford 36

Similar in corpus frequency:

aam 102 baptists 102 basements 102 bayou 102 berlusconi 102 bk 102

Corpus analysis for Benfica

  • In this selection, "benfica" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, host, loan, star, rejected and adamant stand out and add context to how "benfica" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include after benfica rejected their and brugge host benfica. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "benfica" sits close to words such as aam, baptists and basements, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with benfica

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

Short example sentences

Charlton opened the scoring against Benfica with that rarity, a header. (11 words)

Chelsea are another and visit Borussia Dortmund on Wednesday when Club Brugge host Benfica. (14 words)

An opening draw against the Spanish side was followed by victory over Benfica, but then things went wrong. (18 words)

Longer example sentences

After Benfica rejected their last bid of around $80 million, Chelsea proposed an astounding roughly $130 million offer for the 22-year-old on deadline day, a bid that wrecked the Premier League transfer record and sent the Argentine to South London. (42 words)

Real Sociedad edged closer to a place in the knockout stage of the Champions League with a comfortable 3-1 win over Benfica in Group D on Wednesday which ended the Portuguese side’s faint hopes of reaching the last 16. (41 words)

Part of United’s heralded ‘Holy Trinity’ alongside Denis Law and George Best, he scored twice in a 4-1 extra-time win against Benfica in the European Cup final as United became the first English champions of the continent. (40 words)

Example sentences (20)

A cameo appearance against Arsenal on Saturday evening saw the ex-Benfica star feature for the final 23 minutes of proceedings as side pushed for a winner.

After Benfica rejected their last bid of around $80 million, Chelsea proposed an astounding roughly $130 million offer for the 22-year-old on deadline day, a bid that wrecked the Premier League transfer record and sent the Argentine to South London.

An offer of £112m was tabled but Chelsea asked for it to be paid in three yearly instalments, with Benfica adamant he would only leave if his clause was paid in full.

An opening draw against the Spanish side was followed by victory over Benfica, but then things went wrong.

Charlton opened the scoring against Benfica with that rarity, a header.

Chelsea are another and visit Borussia Dortmund on Wednesday when Club Brugge host Benfica.

During the quarter-final against Benfica, it became clear that the Portuguese side had much more of an idea of play, in that they had an idea at all.

Enzo Fernandez warms up at the Luz Stadium in Lisbon on Oct. 5. Chelsea has agreed to pay a British record €121 million to sign the Argentina midfielder from Benfica.

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He started Saints' first three friendlies, against Benfica, Goztepe and Reading, before coming off the bench in the defeat to Bournemouth.

However Martinez redeemed himself for the opener, snaffling up possession after Edin Dzeko battled with the Benfica defence and exchanging passes with Barella who unleashed a perfectly placed curler with his left.

In a 1-0 win over Benfica, Inter Milan’s Marcus Thuram scored the only goal of the game to move level on four points with Sociedad at the top of their group.

It means one of Napoli, AC Milan, Inter Milan or Benfica will advance to the Instanbul final on 10 June.

Meanwhile, Chelsea could take their spending to over £300m this month as they make one last push to land Enzo Fernandez from Benfica.

Nathaniel Phillips and Paulo Bernardo joined late in the window on loan deals from Liveprool and Benfica respecitvely, while highly-rated Honduran winger Luis Palma arrived from Greek side Aris Thessaloniki.

Part of United’s heralded ‘Holy Trinity’ alongside Denis Law and George Best, he scored twice in a 4-1 extra-time win against Benfica in the European Cup final as United became the first English champions of the continent.

Real Sociedad edged closer to a place in the knockout stage of the Champions League with a comfortable 3-1 win over Benfica in Group D on Wednesday which ended the Portuguese side’s faint hopes of reaching the last 16.

Sima didn’t do enough with his clearing header from Palma’s out-swinging corner and was made to regret it as the on-loan Benfica forward lashed it back with interest past a helpless Butland.

The Argentinean outfit are expected to bank 25% of his sale, which is why Benfica are keen to squeeze every penny out of the Blues so that they can ensure they enjoy their own significant profit.

The Cape Verde international took a little while to settle into life in Scottish football following his move from Benfica and started only two of Aberdeen’s first nine league games.

The night against Benfica was a bitter-sweet experience as Newcastle came within a goal of the Portuguese giants then crumbled in the final stages.

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Common combinations with benfica

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

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