Example Sentences

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She said swifts had been arriving in the UK looking for their nests and she had seen more than 30 swifts flying above the building site.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

Families had been arriving at the sports complexes and government offices set up as temporary shelters since late Saturday, officials reported.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2023

A senior U.N. refugee agency official said on Tuesday that many women and children had been arriving in Chad with injuries.

From Reuters • Jun. 27, 2023

After getting emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration just days earlier, the first shipments of COVID-19 vaccines had been arriving at hospitals for high-risk health care workers.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 27, 2021

Whilst the foregoing conversation had been in progress, various witnesses had been arriving on the scene.

From Dead Souls by Hogarth, D. J.