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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

"Put it in the missionary box," said John, who knew very well that the boys had been constructing a dam together all the previous day.

From Fated to Be Free by Ingelow, Jean