had been commuting
- past perfect progressive of commute.
Example Sentences
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Ms. Moran, who took over the post in July, is leaving because she had been commuting by plane, a White House official told Politico, which first reported the story.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 14, 2021
Liebell had been commuting for 17 years to her teaching job at St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 2, 2020
For the past three months, he had been commuting every two weeks to an assignment in El Segundo.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 21, 2015
The same protein was hyperactive in another sample, which came from a Croatian patient of Dr. Ribas’s who had been commuting to Los Angeles for treatment.
From New York Times ● Dec. 27, 2010
Mr. Brooks, 38, a banker, ordinarily as meek as a citizen, had been commuting from Greens Farms, Conn, for four years.
From Time Magazine Archive
