had been constructing
- past perfect progressive of construct.
Example Sentences
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But still I had been constructing things around that.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2022
The city said it would review all active construction projects by 10 Square Development, the company that had been constructing the collapsed Kennedy Street property and has had projects in other parts of the city.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 10, 2021
As a result, Pentagon number crunchers had been constructing a budget blueprint for fiscal year 2020 of $733 billion, to reflect that three to five percent increase.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 14, 2018
“We had been constructing a new image for the country ... and we felt were really reaching the point where Nicaragua had started to become an emerging tourist destination,” Valenti said.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 6, 2018
The Blank Building people had been constructing an addition to their immense stack of offices; we stood in the freshly completed and wholly unoccupied annex.
From Mr. Hawkins' Humorous Adventures by Franklin, Edgar, [pseud.]
