had been decorating
- past perfect progressive of decorate.
Example Sentences
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Representing herself, Hewitt, denied that there had been anyone else at the shop, claiming she had been "decorating and cleaning".
From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2021
A post on the attraction's Facebook page said "a model we had never seen before was sitting amongst our little cottages" and "looked as though vandals had been decorating it".
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2021
The children had been decorating picture frames with stickers.
From New York Times ● Dec. 8, 2014
He recalled now with tender melancholy how happy they had been decorating this little nest, and how far from his wildest dream had been such an ending of it all.
From The One Woman by Dixon, Thomas
We stood for a breath or two, then started back, our sabres flashing; for, as the twigs fell, we saw they had been decorating a squad of the British.
From D'Ri and I by Bacheller, Irving
