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il y en a eu

there have been

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phrase Rare #35,808
there have been The pronoun “en” stands in for something already mentioned; the phrase can also mean “there were” depending on context.
FR: Il y en a eu plusieurs cette semaine.
EN: There have been several this week.

Oui il y en a eu un.

Yes, there was one.

— Mulholland Drive (2001)

Il y en a eu un pour commencer, plusieurs autres les jours suivants.

There was one to start with, several more in the following days.

— Solaris (1972)

Il y en a eu un autre.

There was another one.

Il y en a eu d'autres ?

Were there others?

— Happy Together (1997)

À part cette fois-là, il y en a eu une autre.

Besides that time, there was another one.

— Un Soleil (2019)

Il y en a eu une autre.

There was another one.

Il y en a eu beaucoup.

There were many.

Il y en a eu tellement, au point que je les lis plus.

There have been so many of them that I no longer read them.

— Chicago (2002)