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had been imagining

  • past perfect progressive of imagine.

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It’s been a “long time coming, a moment I had been imagining so intensely for so long. Surpasses everything I had imagined.”

From Washington Times Nov. 16, 2021

On a recent evening, Jisel Cabrera and 14 of her closest friends practiced for the party she said she had been imagining her whole life.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2019

“I had been imagining opening up a museum in an unexpected location,” Mr. Kalman said.

From New York Times Apr. 21, 2019

Michael Kim had been imagining what a breakthrough win on the PGA Tour would look like for a while now.

From Golf Digest Jul. 15, 2018

As it turned out, my family hadn’t necessarily been having the excellent week I had been imagining so resentfully.

From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick

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