BEEN in a Sentence

Learn BEEN from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
404 example sentences for BEEN, such as:
1. That girl hadn't been invited.
2. It has been announce d that Mr.
3. I've always been glad I said that.
4. The ensuing argument had been bitter.
5. She's been in analysis for three years.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of BEEN
Classic Sentence: (202 in 14 pages)
1  The father of Safie had been the cause of their ruin.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 14
2  I pursued him, and for many months this has been my task.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
3  They've been living over that garage for eleven years.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
4  I hadn't been looking at them, but I did now.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
5  I have been glancing into some of the rooms.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
6  "Oh, I've been in several things," he corrected himself.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
7  That girl hadn't been invited.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
8  "I told you what's been going on," said Gatsby.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
9  Suppose Tom found out that Daisy had been driving.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
10  I've always been glad I said that.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
11  If he'd of lived he'd of been a great man.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
12  A revelation, he could almost say, had been granted to him.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XI. THE INTERIOR OF A HEART
13  Not seldom, it had been seen by multitudes.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XII. THE MINISTER'S VIGIL
14  She might, in one of her phases, have been a prophetess.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XIII. ANOTHER VIEW OF HESTER
15  It had not been built many years and was in good repair.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 6
Example Sentence: (202 in 14 pages)
1  The house has been full of activity all day.
2  She's been approached by a modelling agency.
3  I've been temping for an employment agency.
4  I haven't been able to obtain that book.
5  I feel almost ashamed that I've been so lucky.
6  She's been in analysis for three years.
7  It has been announce d that Mr.
8  Troops have been dispatched to the area.
9  This area has been designated a National Park.
10  The area has not yet been fully excavated.
11  The ensuing argument had been bitter.
12  She's been having a tough time of it lately.
13  I've always been drawn to tough, gutsy women.
14  His trial has been postponed indefinitely.
15  He's been willful and headstrong from a baby.