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([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and AutoBot · checked, community translation · [\#5858496](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5858496) [\#10705210](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10705210)) - The coping of the wall had **been** torn away. Le chevron du mur avait **été** arraché. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 2316) - “For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has **been** his counselor?” Qui a connu la pensée du Seigneur, Ou qui a **été** son conseiller? ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ROM 11:34) - It is difficult to say which of the three has **been** worst. Il est difficile de dire lequel des trois a **été** le pire. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1072277) - The 2005 tariffs have consequently not **been** implemented. Le régime n’a donc pas **été** mis à exécution. ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 2286635) ## ont Used about 182 812 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 31 · parliamentary ≈ 5 225 · UN documents ≈ 177 557). - Is there a thing of which it may be said, “Behold, this is new”? It has **been** long ago, in the ages which were before us. S’il est une chose dont on dise: Vois ceci, c’est nouveau! Cette chose existait déjà dans les siècles qui nous **ont** précédés. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ECC 1:10) - Since these have already **been** mentioned by others, I will not repeat them. Étant donné que d'autres en **ont** déjà parlé, je ne vais pas y revenir. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 485177) - This is why few reception and custodial institutions have **been** set up in the country. Ainsi, on peut constater que peu d ' institutions d ' accueil et de garde **ont** vu le jour à travers le pays. ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 3796451) - For it has **been** the good pleasure of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor among the saints who are at Jerusalem. Car la Macédoine et l’Achaïe **ont** bien voulu s’imposer une contribution en faveur des pauvres parmi les saints de Jérusalem. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ROM 15:26) - However, in this Estrela report - one need only listen to the speeches that have **been** made today - every possible issue has **been** covered. Or, dans ce rapport Estrela - il n'y a qu'à écouter les interventions qui **ont** eu lieu aujourd'hui -, nous avons tout retrouvé. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1412433) ## depuis Used about 89 614 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 394 · literary ≈ 42 · biblical ≈ 21 · parliamentary ≈ 13 062 · UN documents ≈ 76 096). - He has **been** living in Ankara since 2006. Il vit à Ankara **depuis** 2006. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by ahtapot and ahtapot · checked, community translation · [\#1466830](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1466830) [\#1466822](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1466822)) - During the hour or thereabouts that he had **been** in the garden he had already spread out a number of them. Il en avait déjà ainsi posé un certain nombre **depuis** une heure environ qu'il était dans le jardin. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 10079) - When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he had **been** sick for a long time, he asked him, “Do you want to be made well?” Jésus, l’ayant vu couché, et sachant qu’il était malade **depuis** longtemps, lui dit: Veux-tu être guéri? ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOH 5:6) - Historically, they have **been** interacting for a long time. Du point de vue historique, ils ont noué un dialogue **depuis** très longtemps. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 271933) - Answer: There have **been** no cases of children being recruited into military service since the Protocol has come into force. Réponse: Il n ' y a eu aucun recrutement d ' enfants dans les forces armées **depuis** l ' entrée en vigueur du Protocole. ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 15253721) ## avait Used about 42 times in the texts (literary ≈ 32 · biblical ≈ 10). - Madame Magloire continued as though there had **been** no protest:— Madame Magloire continua comme s'il n'y **avait** pas eu de protestation: ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 1576) - They came to Jesus, and saw him who had **been** possessed by demons sitting, clothed, and in his right mind, even him who had the legion; and they were afraid. Ils vinrent auprès de Jésus, et ils virent le démoniaque, celui qui **avait** eu la légion, assis, vêtu, et dans son bon sens; et ils furent saisis de frayeur. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAR 5:15) - He had **been** let loose in the Charlemagne courtyard, and the eyes of the watchers were fixed on him. On l'**avait** lâché dans la cour Charlemagne, et l'oeil des surveillants était ouvert sur lui. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 18865) - Her husband had not **been** obliged to say anything to her; she yielded to the vague but clear pressure of his tacit intentions, and obeyed blindly. Son mari n'**avait** eu rien à lui dire; elle subissait la pression vague, mais claire, de ses intentions tacites, et obéissait aveuglément. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 31246) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - I've **been** very lucky today. J'ai eu beaucoup de chance aujourd'hui. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by fanty and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#528160](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/528160) [\#962037](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/962037)) - She's **been** working there for thirty years. Elle y a travaillé trente ans. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by rul and Julien\_PDC · checked, community translation · [\#13081631](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13081631) [\#9096816](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9096816)) - You've **been** up to mischief again! Tu as encore fait des tiennes ! ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by liaison and liaison · checked, community translation · [\#1383618](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1383618) [\#1383616](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1383616)) ## Grammar Notes on grammar and translation on Mova: [English grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/en/) · [French grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/fr/) · [translating between English and French](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/pairs/en-fr/) · [translating from English](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/from-en/) · [translating into French](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/into-fr/). ## About these examples Translations are found by how often the two words stand in the same sentence pairs, and the highlighted words are matched automatically: both are approximate. Counts are estimated from a sample of each source. 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