had been bulling
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past perfect progressiveof bull.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
bullnounthe male of a bovine animal, especially of the genus Bos, with sexual organs intact and capable of reproduction.
Example Sentences
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Somebody had been bulling the stock without orders; and, as they can have no information which we are not perfectly up to, depend upon it, it is done for a purpose.
From Stories by English Authors: Scotland (Selected by Scribners) by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie