had been associating
- past perfect progressive of associate.
Example Sentences
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As a result members of the public who had been associating themselves with the parade became more volatile towards the congregation.
From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2019
In early January 1963, the N.F.L. commissioner, Pete Rozelle, confirmed on the record that the league was investigating suspicions that some of its players had been associating with known gamblers.
From New York Times ● Oct. 11, 2012
Perhaps he had been associating with people who were used to circuses.
From Deephaven and Selected Stories & Sketches by Jewett, Sarah Orne
He admitted that some of the men with whom he had been associating more or less for the last year were the greatest blackguards in the neighborhood.
From Tom Brown at Oxford by Hughes, Thomas
It could be shown that he had been associating with those who had engaged in the plot.
From John Deane of Nottingham Historic Adventures by Land and Sea by Kingston, William Henry Giles
