extract
verb (used with object)
to get, pull, or draw out, usually with special effort, skill, or force.
had been extracting
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past perfect progressiveof extract.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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On our way through the forest we had seen some trunks much notched by persons who had been extracting the milk.
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