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Download the app. Many men and women evaluated Sarah Palin, the could-have- been GOP vice president from Alaska, based on her appearance.

As for the event itself, well, the has- been is Sarah Palin, and the obnoxious man is Donald Trump. Most thought-provoking for me, however, in this should-have- been story is the moral at the end. I'd a- been gone long before now if I hadn't had to go over town arter some things I need. No poorest man on earth would change places with this man-that-might-have- been , for his time draws nigh and his end is perdition.

His dreams were ended, the "might-have- been " would never be, but he knew that there was peace in that little breast at last. A formidable rival to this magnificent fall of water has- been discovered by that indefatigable traveller, Dr.

Sarah is being interviewed for a teaching position as we speak. Here, we clearly see that these actions are in progress in the present, or at the time of speaking; this is why we use the present continuous. Being is necessary in its passive form. Classes were being given every day. The day I arrived, Sarah was being interviewed for a teaching position. Here, on the other hand, we see that the actions were in progress at a specific moment in the past when I arrived in Denver.

But in both continuous tenses we use being in the passive forms. The past participle, been , is also used in the passive voice , but can also be used in several other tenses as well. I had never been there before. I had never been with such interesting, friendly people.

I had been looking for a different kind of learning experience.