bring
verb (used with object)
to carry, convey, conduct, or cause (someone or something) to come with, to, or toward the speaker.
had been bringing
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past perfect progressiveof bring.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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She said if Mr Cook didn't understand that the Post Office had been bringing prosecutions "he shouldn't have had the position he was in".
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2024
People had been bringing him bottles of water.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 12, 2023
But the Manhattan investigation, in which prosecutors had been bringing witnesses before a grand jury before pausing in mid-January, appeared to be more advanced.
From New York Times ● Feb. 24, 2022
Before receiving the free glasses from the clinic, one girl had been bringing a magnifying glass to school so she could read her assignments.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 15, 2022
He took off his street clothes as Al tried to find a better station on the little radio he had been bringing to the gym since Billy knew him.
From "145th Street: Short Stories" by Walter Dean Myers
