Below you will find example sentences with "owned shares". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Owned Shares in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 4
  • Discovered as a combination around: shares
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 124
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 19 words

Words in this phrase

owned shares

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • owned can mean: simple past and past participle of own Frequent word
  • shares can mean: plural of share Common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 0 start, 4 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

burr has owned shares of both 1× government has owned shares in transurban 1× infosys and owned shares in the 1× who have owned shares in exxon 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

burr has owned 1× murty is the 1×

Common sentence endings:

as of april 1× code of conduct 1× of both companies 1× shares in exxon 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

murty 2× daughter 1× narayana 1× founders 1× indian 1× giant 1× infosys 1× company 1× worth 1× roughly 1× 600 1× april 1×

Related phrases

additional shares selling shares upgraded shares privately owned bought shares common shares purchased shares shares traded acquired shares owns shares

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around shares:

additional shares 20× selling shares 20× common shares 14× preferred shares 10× shares last 9×

Just before it in the phrase index:

own unique own struggles own pocket own opinions own lives own home

Just after it in the phrase index:

ownership options owns shares oxford economics oxford street oxford united oxford university

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same ending:

additional shares selling shares upgraded shares bought shares common shares purchased shares

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "owned shares" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 19 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as burr has owned shares of both, government has owned shares in transurban, murty, daughter and narayana stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with additional shares, selling shares, upgraded shares, additional shares, selling shares and common shares, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with owned shares

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

Burr has owned shares of both companies. (7 words)

But for those of us who have owned shares in Exxon. (11 words)

Murty is the daughter of Narayana Murty, one of the founders of Indian IT giant Infosys and owned shares in the company worth roughly $600 million as of April. (29 words)

Longer example sentences

Murty is the daughter of Narayana Murty, one of the founders of Indian IT giant Infosys and owned shares in the company worth roughly $600 million as of April. (29 words)

One of the most senior ministers in the NSW government has owned shares in Transurban for years, raising questions over a possible breach of the ministerial code of conduct. (29 words)

But for those of us who have owned shares in Exxon. (11 words)

Example sentences (4)

Murty is the daughter of Narayana Murty, one of the founders of Indian IT giant Infosys and owned shares in the company worth roughly $600 million as of April.

One of the most senior ministers in the NSW government has owned shares in Transurban for years, raising questions over a possible breach of the ministerial code of conduct.

Burr has owned shares of both companies.

But for those of us who have owned shares in Exxon.