Example Sentences

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The bus had been ferrying the tourists back to a campsite in nearby Marghera after a day out in Venice.

From Reuters • Oct. 4, 2023

Sergiy Brovko, 57, a short, wiry bus driver whose crow’s feet wrap around the side of his head, had been ferrying children to school for less than a year before the war reached the town.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 30, 2022

Anne Whitlock and Michael Skelly had been ferrying hurricane victims to the shelter from a nearby hospital.

From Washington Post • Aug. 30, 2017

It turned out that he had been ferrying Ozick and her husband around New Rochelle for years.

From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2016

A 42-year-old transport pilot who had been ferrying 137 passengers to and from Europe was recently grounded because of minor but disquieting ECG changes.

From Time Magazine Archive