This is always the way it has been.

What do you think I've been doing?

Democracy is the worst form of government, except all the others that have been tried.

It has been so long since I last went to Disneyland with my family.

The news article painted the defendant as a guilty man, even though he had been proven innocent.

You have been thinking about this problem the whole morning. Take a break; go eat lunch.

Perhaps you are right, I have been selfish.

I have been told that I am pragmatic, and I am.

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.

I've been waiting for hours.

Nothing great has been achieved by playing it safe.

He has been warned on several occasions.

Where have you been?

What have you been doing all this time!

It's been snowing all night.

It's been ten years since we last met.

Don't you know that he has been dead for these two years?

Have you ever been to Kyushu?

You should have been more careful with your health.

You ought to have been more careful.

You should have been more careful.

You've been properly led up the garden path.

How long have you been in Japan?

You have been imposed upon.

You've been had.

I hear that you've been ill.

How long have you been living in Kobe, then?

How long have you been alienated from your family?

Have you ever been to America?

Have you ever been to that village?

You may as well have a day off, because you have been overworking those days.

You have been beaten. Give in!

Without your advice, I would have been robbed of my bag.

If it had not been for your advice, I would have failed.

I have been anxious about your health.

Had it not been for your cooperation, I could not have finished the work in time.

If it had not been for your aid, I would not have succeeded in my business.

If it had not been for your support, he would have failed in business.

If it had not been for your raincoat, I would have been drenched to the skin.

If it had not been for your raincoat, I would have been drenched to the skin.

Had it not been for your raincoat, I would have been drenched to the skin.

Had it not been for your raincoat, I would have been drenched to the skin.

Your mother must have been beautiful when she was young.

I have been reflecting on what you said to me.

You are the man I've been looking for.

I had been to the hospital before you came.

It's quite plain that you haven't been paying attention.

I found the very thing you had been looking for.

I've been to the bank.

Prices have been gradually rising in recent years.

There has been another case of cholera in the neighborhood.

The number of Japanese students returning after life abroad has been increasing as of late.

I've been on edge recently.

Recently juvenile delinquency has been on the rise.

The bridge had been built before that time.

Several bridges have been damaged or swept away.

I have been a teacher for 15 years.

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.

Have you been to Kyoto?

I have been to Kyoto once.

A huge federal budget deficit has been plaguing the American economy for many years.

Having been written in haste, his letter was hard to read.

Having been written in haste, the book has a lot of errors.

Having been written in a hurry, this letter has many mistakes in it.

As it had been written in haste, the report was poor.

It's been so long since we've met, let's have a drink or two and talk about the good old days.

The essential points of my argument have been expressed in the preceding pages.

The chairperson has been associated with the organization for ten years.

Parliament has been dissolved.

I've been anxious to meet you.

You have been a great mentor to me.

The temperature has been below freezing for several days.

You're back late. What have you been up to?

As had been expected, the weather turned out to be very fine.

The treaty has been concluded after many twists and turns.

I'm getting little pimples on my face. I wonder if I've been getting enough sleep lately.

There appears to have been a mistake.

It's been nice talking to you, but I really must go now.

I regret having been idle in my school days.

Students have been protesting against the government's decision.

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.

It has been demonstrated in various researches that the private sector has little influence over policy making.

He had not been abroad for one month before he was taken ill.

Have you been abroad?

The number of people who go abroad has been increasing.

The hierarchy of rank has long been fixed.

Everybody wished he had been elected governor.

Mountains in the ocean and even whole ranges are still being discovered, and most of them have not yet been explored in detail.

I've been invited on a trip abroad, but I don't want to go.

The number of Japanese going overseas has been increasing year by year.

I've never been abroad.

Improved medical technology has been one of the spin-offs of the space program.

The office has been topsy-turvy since the merger upset everything.

The date and place of the meeting have been fixed.

The accounts have been audited.

The meeting has been put off until next week.

It has been agreed that the meeting will be held on Friday.

The agenda for the meeting has been distributed.

The attendance at the party was larger than had been expected.

It's been nice meeting you.

We've been matched up with some strong teams this year.