had been entrusting
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past perfect progressiveof entrust.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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Sir Isaac had been entrusting his managers with increased responsibility and making things ready for the flotation of a company that would take the whole network of enterprises off his hands.
From The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells