had been intriguing
- past perfect progressive of intrigue.
Example Sentences
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Learning that Generals Hooker, Newton, Franklin, Cochrane, and others had been intriguing against him and urging his dismissal, General Burnside promptly issued an order dismissing them from the service of the Union.
From Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis by Poore, Benjamin Perley
The House of Hohenzollern had been intriguing to have a Prussian prince of her own elevated to the Spanish Throne.
From England, Canada and the Great War by Desjardins, Louis-Georges
Harley had been intriguing on both sides of the field.
From A History of the Four Georges, Volume I by McCarthy, Justin
In 1708 she was forced to dismiss Harley, who, with the aid of Mrs Masham, had been intriguing against the government and projecting the creation of a third party.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various
Too evidently the Cardinal had been intriguing, and not honourably, merely for his own purposes.
From The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon The Story as Told by the Imperial Ambassadors Resident at the Court of Henry VIII by Froude, J.A.
