Example Sentences

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The TUI flight from Corfu had been landing on 20 October last year, when it began to veer left off the runway.

From BBC • Oct. 24, 2024

"Projectiles had been landing in a certain area -- things like rocks and bottles," he said.

From Fox News • Jun. 8, 2020

The pilot had been landing the Mooney M20R and crashed into the woods a mile south of the runway, said Jim Peters, a spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration.

From Washington Times • Dec. 28, 2019

Again and again, Walton told him it had been landing.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the meantime, we found that David and the boys had been landing the provisions.

From In the Wilds of Africa by Pearse, Alfred