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We are here to speak of the thousands of women who� have been destroyed through war, who have been� raped, battered and butchered. ❋ Jewish Women's Archive (2010)

We can say, I _have_ been, I _had_ been; but what sort of a tense is, _had have been_? ❋ Samuel Kirkham (N/A)

(Substitute _have been seeing_ for _have been_ in the future perfect indicative of _to be_.) ❋ Thomas Wood (N/A)

(Substitute _have been seen_ for _have been_ in the future perfect indicative of _to be_.) ❋ Thomas Wood (N/A)

Not only has the slave territory been nearly doubled in the present century; but by a recent decision of the Supreme Court, every law which _has been_ passed by Congress restricting slavery, is pronounced contrary to the constitution, and therefore invalid. ❋ Henry A. Murray (N/A)

Compounds of more than two words may be analyzed thus: +May have been written+ is composed of the compound auxiliary +may have been+ and the participle +written; may have been+ is composed of the compound auxiliary ❋ Brainerd Kellogg (N/A)

The soldiers of July, who, in his opinion, could have been overcome by one-third their number of British regulars, were in September perhaps as fine “a body of men in all respects of physique” as had ever “been assembled by any power in the world. ❋ Unknown (1917)

If the smallest and least of the countries of Asia has been able to do this, it is because she has _been let alone_, -- not conquered, exploited, nor drugged. ❋ Ellen Newbold La Motte (1917)

I have been a man, a husband, and a father; that is, I have _been_ a father! ❋ Jakob Wassermann (1903)

This being the case, no amount of clamor from game dealers and their allies ever should induce any state legislature to provide for the sale of any of those species _until it has been fully demonstrated_ that they _have been_ and _can be_ bred in captivity in large numbers. ❋ William Temple Hornaday (1895)

The words fell like warm sun beams on the moist, fermenting ground; they dispersed and cleared away the misty clouds, from the troubled thoughts which had held possession of him; he gazed upon his past life; everything had been a failure, a deception -- yes, _had been_. ❋ Fanny [Translator] Fuller (1840)

-- 'Thou shouldst _not_ have been OLD _before thou hadst been_ WISE.' ❋ Delia Bacon (1835)

Think of it, oh, heaven! after having been what _I have been_ to suffer old men to bow before me -- to suffer noble young women, women justly respected, to feel themselves flattered to approach me -- to suffer finally, that princesses, doubly august by age and their sacerdotal character should heap upon me favors and praises, is not this impious and sacrilegious? ❋ Eug��ne Sue (1830)

Lady Hawarden has been very pretty: what a melancholy phrase is this same _has been_! ❋ Marguerite Blessington (1819)

The principle was good in itself, but it may have been, and I believe _has_ _been_, carried too far in your case. ❋ Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 (1814)

[6] This phrase has been subjected to misconstruction; to the Writer of these pages, however, both the purport and expression of it seem very clear, thus; "_might have been_ offered" (though it _was not_). ❋ William Beatty (1807)

Name; but let you know that this Creature has been since I knew her very handsome, (tho I will not allow her even she _has been_ for the future) and during the Time of her Bloom and Beauty was so great a ❋ Richard Steele (1700)

- Answer by raja on Yedda. related: www. lacp.org/People/Sheriff-LeroyBaca. html leroy d'baca hi                                if any one can hear me .i have been down from carson city and sheron mixbeery over seven mounth, reagarding the tick et  the parking infocement     she has  been harrss me been kicked out from carson sherriff station to get help . ❋ Unknown (2010)

Example #1: [Nas] on [Ether]: " (Fuck Jay-Z!) You BEEN on my dick, nigga. You love my style, nigga." ^The line implies that the subject (Jay-Z) is not a recently-turned fan of Nas, but that he was a fan of Nas for a long time now. Example #2: Gabe: "Yo, [I don't wanna go] on the roller coaster. The last time I went on, I was 10 and I was crying after I got off." Felix: "Wow. BEEN soft." ❋ Illmatic1 (2009)

Damn, you know how to [ride] a [unicycle]? Yo [I've been] knowing how to ride a unicycle. ❋ Contagion; (2009)

(Actual dialogue) "I thought that [clubhouse] burned down a few years ago." "[Naww], man, dey been [refixed] dat!" ❋ Bizook (2004)

"wow did u see been at that [gig]?" "yeah that was an awesome [guitar solo]" "yeah much [betta] than toby" "yeah but been is an awesome guy!" ❋ Ams (2005)

"[I have no idea] what been is [supposed to] mean...anyone got any [ideas]?" ❋ R0mu1ux (2003)

[Yeah I know] him. We been been! ❋ Realspill (2015)

You [can’t] [question] my [loyalty] I been that ❋ Whoyouthinkyoufoolin (2019)

“Have you seen [Rachel] over there?” “Yes! [I’ve] [been in there]!” ❋ Redbaron (2020)

"[Turn down] the [temperature]!! It's beening in here!" ❋ The Lisssssssa (2006)

(On a [Facebook group] chat) Jake: Hey, where's [Nicki]? Dave: I dunno, let's try beening her. Jake: Nicki. Dave: Nicki! Jake: [NICKI]. Dave: NICKI!! Nicki: WHAT?!? Jake: Make me a sandwich! ❋ Narwhal #1 (2011)