Example Sentences

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He had been farming for less than a year.

From New York Times • Nov. 8, 2022

His family had been farming his land for three generations.

From BBC • May 27, 2017

Since farmers would no longer have been able to say their families had been farming the area between two hills for generations, they would lose any sentimental attachment to the land.

From Slate • Mar. 1, 2012

The commodities team wanted Bruch, who had been farming all his life, to manage one of them.

From Washington Post • Oct. 16, 2011

Art had a system that he had worked out over the many years he had been farming, and while it was relatively simple, it still demanded a staggering amount of stamina.

From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen