had been beginning
- past perfect progressive of begin.
Example Sentences
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The count of what is known as "excess deaths" had been beginning to rise before 2020 and there are other factors at play too, such as an ageing population.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2022
It seemed, too, to set him right in his own eyes, to sweep away a creeping feeling that had been beginning to trouble him.
From The Call of the Blood by Lowell, Orson
They had been beginning to hate each other.
From The Mountebank by Locke, William John
She had been beginning to feel the reaction.
From A Daughter of the Sioux A Tale of the Indian frontier by Deming, Edwin Willard
She need not prepare him against the mere fact of his father's death; he had been beginning to believe that already; but these things must have far more meaning for him than merely that.
From The Indian Drum by Balmer, Edwin
