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Example sentences for "been seen"

  • This circumstance, with the shallowness of the inlet and the land having been seen to close round so nearly, made me give up the intention of attempting to proceed any higher up, since no river of importance was to be expected.

  • There remained nearly forty miles of space between Point Bell and Point Brown, in which the main coast had not been seen.

  • The yacht had not returned last night, nor has it been seen or heard of since its departure.

  • He'd been seen, of course, to go out with Moneylaws there, two days ago, at noon.

  • Hazy weather much contracted my view; but several new Cumberland Islands were visible, making up the number to fifteen, of which the greater part had not been seen by captain Cook.

  • In the afternoon, a very light wind at north-east left no prospect of weathering the reef before dark, upon which the high breakers had been seen; we therefore tacked to the E.

  • Neither had he been seen by the country people, though as is usual in Wales on a hunting day, there were a good many labourers, &c.

  • It was asserted that she had often been seen in this guise, and several persons tried on various occasions to shoot the uncanny beast.

  • In this case the hostess informed her friend that the apparition had frequently been seen before, but always by strangers, never by any member of the family.

  • Half an hour afterwards two gentlemen might have been seen, bearing with staggering steps across the moonlit quad the
  • A little later than this, a very jovial supper party might have been seen assembled in a principal room at "the Roebuck.

  • How great was his disappointment, then, when he arrived at the hall, to find that his brother had not been seen there, nor had anything been heard of or from him, since he left it some weeks before.

  • Some Days after when the Cathecumens were fitted for it, they receiv'd Baptism, with publick Rejoycings, and greater Solemnity than had ever been seen in Ternate.

  • Oh, open [thou] the doors to me and I will declare the things which have been seen by me.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "been seen" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    been called; been committed; been decreed; been described; been destroyed; been for; been made; been making; been more; been obliged; been observed; been pleased; been saying; been taken; been talking; been the; been thinkin; been trying; been wanting; been wondering; black walnut; burnt bricks; infectious diseases; make another; military matters; more remote