I've been there many times vs I had been there many times

Both phrases are correct, but they have different verb tenses. "I've been there many times" refers to experiences in the past up to the present moment, while "I had been there many times" refers to experiences that occurred before a specific point in the past.

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This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to talk about experiences in the past up to the present moment.

"I've been there many times "

This phrase is used to express that you have visited a place multiple times from the past until now.

Examples:

I've been to Paris many times.
She's been to that restaurant before.
Have you been to Japan?
They've been to the beach every summer.
We've been to that museum several times.

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Last updated: November 04, 2024

Apr 7, 2017 ... ... I've been there many times" sounds mostly positive. This is what I would say in response if someone was asking my opinion on a location ...
Aug 12, 2014 ... Hi all, If I want to recommend a restaurant to my friend and I want to say a sentence like " I've been there many times and I really like ...
Jul 15, 2024 ... I've been there many times. I will be taking pics of the outside of the building as well. He didn't say which apartment number though.
Aug 18, 2024 ... No, I've been there many times and never had to MELT in 2 minutes. Rather, I've been walking around in a black t-shirt the whole time, ...
May 26, 2015 ... This horse got "blue chaired." I've been there many times! lol #kvm.
May 10, 2023 ... ✨ I've been there many times before, frantically searching for a Bible verse to encourage my heart amid life's hard and heavy stuff. My soul ...
Aug 10, 2021 ... I've been there many times and still find myself there on occasion. However, learning why it's important to breathe and how to realistically ...
Oct 25, 2024 ... lookabiillion). 1 Reply. 1 Like. I've been there many times. lol It's not everyone can swim and not everyone is ok being in the middle of ...
Dec 8, 2021 ... I've been there many times. Before I found this. Many, many times." So, turbulence, complication and negativity - not much to go on, but a ...
Aug 23, 2017 ... So for example, “Do you like Rome?” “Yes, I've been there many times.” I am describing that I am a person in the category of people who have ...

Alternatives:

I have been there many times

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to talk about experiences that occurred before a specific point in the past.

"I had been there many times "

This phrase is used to indicate that you had visited a place multiple times before a particular time in the past.

Examples:

I had been to London many times before I moved there.
She had been to the park several times when she was a child.
He had been to that store before it closed down.
They had been to the concert venue on numerous occasions.
We had been to that city many times in the past.

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Last updated: November 04, 2024

Aug 1, 2023 ... It can't be "I had been there many times," because then there would be two independent clauses linked by a comma. That's a run-on sentence, a ...
Aug 23, 2017 ... I had been there many times before that, but this story happened in the 1970s.” Present-tense narrative: “I really like New York. I was ...
After The Eliza Battle, I went to Berlin to recuperate, to nurse my pride. I had been there many times at that point, since first visiting in 2005.
Oct 14, 2018 ... ... I had been there many times before having grown up nearby, mostly to watch bands living out a dream that seemed so impossible and distant ...
Sep 9, 2002 ... On Sept. 14, 2001, I flew over the site in a helicopter with President George W. Bush and Governor George Pataki. I had been there many times ...
Aug 22, 2022 ... The first was that I had been there many times, taking the train from Salisbury Mills/Cornwall and then the Port Authority Trans-Hudson ...
I had been there many times before and was excited to order my favorite entrée. The meal arrived, and I took my first bite. The sauce didn't taste right ...
Aug 25, 2024 ... I had been there many times in my youth, but the last time I saw it was decades ago, and seriously overgrown, even then. The path to the top ...
Dec 6, 2018 ... I was walking somewhere I was afraid to go, even though I had been there many times before. But I had not been to a religious service at the ...
Jun 23, 2014 ... We had taken them to Southern California many times….so it was time to try something different…Vegas. The Hubby and I had been there many times ...

Alternatives:

I had been there several times
I had visited there many times

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