admit
verb (used with object)
to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to.
had been admitting
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past perfect progressiveof admit.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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Even at Berkeley, which had been admitting women since 1871, women made up just 5.6 per cent of the faculty.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 13, 2020
According to the Buffalo News, prosecutors conceded that Scott had been admitting his guilt in the case for a long time.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2018
Though Oxford had been admitting female students since 1878, it was only in 1920 that the university had begun granting degrees to women.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 6, 2012
Suddenly the crack that had been admitting the light broadened out, and revealed itself as the space of an opening door.
From The First Men in the Moon by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
For a number of days the boat had been admitting the water till she was full.
From Lost in the Fog by James De Mille
