Example Sentences

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The shadow housing secretary insisted she had been answering a different question and that "maternity pay is quite important".

From BBC • Sep. 30, 2024

And I knew from personal experience that no one had been answering church phones.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2020

For years, Mitchell had been answering letters from little girls who were bullied about their natural hair.

From Washington Post • Mar. 23, 2020

I had been answering her briefly with a few words since my arrival in California.

From The Guardian • Mar. 30, 2013

He told about the burn, but with none of the belligerent arrogance with which he had been answering the questions kind people had put to him.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes