coach
noun
a large, horse-drawn, four-wheeled carriage, usually enclosed.
had been coaching
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past perfect progressiveof coach.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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In 2010, St. John Bosco fired Kiki Mendoza as football coach and brought in alumnus Jason Negro, who had been coaching at Trabuco Hills.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2023
He had been coaching high school football in Arkansas.
From New York Times ● Jun. 28, 2023
Wigglesworth has played more Premiership matches than anyone else, winning multiple Premiership and Champions Cup titles, and had been coaching at Leicester for two years.
From BBC ● May 11, 2023
He had been coaching the reserves for the three previous years when he was promoted to head coach toward the end of the 2019-20 campaign after Philippe Montanier was fired.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 13, 2023
She had been coaching some of them since her first season, when they were younger than ten years old.
From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John
