fax
noun
had been faxing
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past perfect progressiveof fax.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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When Johnny Carson — Letterman’s hero — died in 2005, Dave opened the show by reading a collection of jokes Carson had been faxing him since retirement.
From The Verge ● May 21, 2015
With the legal force of the Cache County Attorney’s Office, Rindlisbacher had been faxing Verizon in late January and early February.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
