had been flattering
- past perfect progressive of flatter.
Example Sentences
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I very soon saw that he was on excellent terms with Semyonov, and this could only be, I was sure, because Semyonov had been flattering him.
From The Secret City by Walpole, Hugh, Sir
It remained that Thomas Batchgrew had been flattering her.
From The Price of Love by Bennett, Arnold
The fact was that the councillor had been flattering her.
From The Price of Love by Bennett, Arnold
We had been flattering ourselves that we had discovered a new “outlook,” and we came a bad cropper.
From Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 by Various
It had not been heard for nearly a year before the night I speak of, and he had been flattering himself that the Principle--whatever it might be--which was haunting the room had ceased its operation.
From The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II by Hoffmann, Ernst Theordor Wilhelm
