English example sentences with "been"

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This is always the way it has been.
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What do you think I've been doing?
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Democracy is the worst form of government, except all the others that have been tried.
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It has been so long since I last went to Disneyland with my family.
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The news article painted the defendant as a guilty man, even though he had been proven innocent.
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You have been thinking about this problem the whole morning. Take a break; go eat lunch.
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Perhaps you are right, I have been selfish.
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I have been told that I am pragmatic, and I am.
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As he sits in the dark, typing away at his computer, he hears the sound of morning birds chirping away and realizes he has been up all night - but the insomniac still refuses to sleep.
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I've been waiting for hours.
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Nothing great has been achieved by playing it safe.
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He has been warned on several occasions.
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Where have you been?
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What have you been doing all this time!
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It's been snowing all night.
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It's been ten years since we last met.
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Don't you know that he has been dead for these two years?
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Have you ever been to Kyushu?
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You should have been more careful with your health.
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You ought to have been more careful.
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You should have been more careful.
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You've been properly led up the garden path.
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How long have you been in Japan?
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You have been imposed upon.
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You've been had.
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I hear that you've been ill.
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How long have you been living in Kobe, then?
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How long have you been alienated from your family?
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Have you ever been to America?
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Have you ever been to that village?
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You may as well have a day off, because you have been overworking those days.
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You have been beaten. Give in!
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Without your advice, I would have been robbed of my bag.
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If it had not been for your advice, I would have failed.
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I have been anxious about your health.
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Had it not been for your cooperation, I could not have finished the work in time.
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If it had not been for your aid, I would not have succeeded in my business.
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If it had not been for your support, he would have failed in business.
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If it had not been for your raincoat, I would have been drenched to the skin.
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If it had not been for your raincoat, I would have been drenched to the skin.
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Had it not been for your raincoat, I would have been drenched to the skin.
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Had it not been for your raincoat, I would have been drenched to the skin.
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Your mother must have been beautiful when she was young.
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I have been reflecting on what you said to me.
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You are the man I've been looking for.
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I had been to the hospital before you came.
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It's quite plain that you haven't been paying attention.
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I found the very thing you had been looking for.
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I've been to the bank.
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Prices have been gradually rising in recent years.
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There has been another case of cholera in the neighborhood.
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The number of Japanese students returning after life abroad has been increasing as of late.
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I've been on edge recently.
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Recently juvenile delinquency has been on the rise.
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The bridge had been built before that time.
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Several bridges have been damaged or swept away.
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I have been a teacher for 15 years.
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The victim of blackmail has been paying hush money for years, but now he realizes it is foolish, and he has decided not to pay a red cent more.
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Have you been to Kyoto?
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I have been to Kyoto once.
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A huge federal budget deficit has been plaguing the American economy for many years.
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Having been written in haste, his letter was hard to read.
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Having been written in haste, the book has a lot of errors.
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Having been written in a hurry, this letter has many mistakes in it.
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As it had been written in haste, the report was poor.
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It's been so long since we've met, let's have a drink or two and talk about the good old days.
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The essential points of my argument have been expressed in the preceding pages.
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The chairperson has been associated with the organization for ten years.
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Parliament has been dissolved.
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I've been anxious to meet you.
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You have been a great mentor to me.
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The temperature has been below freezing for several days.
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You're back late. What have you been up to?
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As had been expected, the weather turned out to be very fine.
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The treaty has been concluded after many twists and turns.
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I'm getting little pimples on my face. I wonder if I've been getting enough sleep lately.
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There appears to have been a mistake.
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It's been nice talking to you, but I really must go now.
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I regret having been idle in my school days.
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Students have been protesting against the government's decision.
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Certainly there are inequalities in level of education even within a generation, but there have been no visible inequities between machines and materials in recent years.
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It has been demonstrated in various researches that the private sector has little influence over policy making.
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He had not been abroad for one month before he was taken ill.
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Have you been abroad?
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The number of people who go abroad has been increasing.
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The hierarchy of rank has long been fixed.
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Everybody wished he had been elected governor.
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Mountains in the ocean and even whole ranges are still being discovered, and most of them have not yet been explored in detail.
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I've been invited on a trip abroad, but I don't want to go.
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The number of Japanese going overseas has been increasing year by year.
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I've never been abroad.
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Improved medical technology has been one of the spin-offs of the space program.
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The office has been topsy-turvy since the merger upset everything.
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The date and place of the meeting have been fixed.
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The accounts have been audited.
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The meeting has been put off until next week.
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It has been agreed that the meeting will be held on Friday.
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The agenda for the meeting has been distributed.
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The attendance at the party was larger than had been expected.
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It's been nice meeting you.
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We've been matched up with some strong teams this year.
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Also check out the following words: vindicate, abducting, 'pronounic, decoupling', Jus, Latii, equivalency, gesticulations, thalwegs, hussars.