had been lunching
- past perfect progressive of lunch.
Example Sentences
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The investigator now visited Turner, an artist, who had been lunching with her parents on Glendonald Road when the fire began.
From The Guardian ● May 24, 2019
Fallaray had been lunching with George Lytham at his rooms in the Albany.
From The Rustle of Silk by Hamilton, Cosmo
The autumn held fine and mild, and Mary, who had been lunching at the Abbey, was playing croquet with Morris upon the side lawn.
From Stella Fregelius by Haggard, Henry Rider
They had been lunching at Etterick, and were going in shortly to have tea cosily by the study fire.
From The Setons by Douglas, O.
The two men had been lunching together at the club, with a little talk afterwards, while they smoked their cigars in the lazy summer atmosphere of the well-kept garden.
From A Woman for Mayor A Novel of To-day by Winslow, Helen M. (Helen Maria)
