had been begging
- past perfect progressive of beg.
Example Sentences
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Ms Gaskell, 68, said she had been "begging" for her daughter to be taken into hospital before she died.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2024
Keith Frierson was ecstatic when he got a new bike for Christmas, one he had been begging for.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 5, 2024
He was detained Monday during a sweep by immigration authorities of downtown areas where migrants had been begging, selling candy and washing windshields.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 28, 2023
The union said it had been begging agency leaders to visit Dublin since FBI agents raided the former warden’s office last July.
From Seattle Times ● May 4, 2022
Then I thought about how my mother had been begging my dad to put a light out there.
From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds
