Example Sentences

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She had been fetching water in northern Uttarakhand state when the leopard pounced on her from nearby bushes - she fought back with a sickle and spade.

From BBC • Aug. 26, 2014

The rye, for the price of which he had so long held out, had been sold for fifty kopecks a measure cheaper than it had been fetching a month ago.

From Anna Karenina by Garnett, Constance

The old butler had been fetching up claret which the Squire had intended should be kept for a time.

From The Honour of the Clintons by Marshall, Archibald

The farm land had been fetching on an average some twenty to twenty-five pounds an acre.

From Hocken and Hunken by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

We had the awful thought that we should have to search every camp fire before we found our people, but luckily almost fell over Mawson, who had been fetching water.

From The Luck of Thirteen Wanderings and Flight through Montenegro and Serbia by Gordon, Cora