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had been managing
  • past perfect progressive of manage.

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He took over a team Freixe had been managing from Switzerland as head of Latin America, combining the regions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025

He had been managing Enfield Borough Football Club before his conviction and had previously played for Millwall and YouTube side Hashtag United.

From BBC • Sep. 10, 2024

As part of the move, two senior executives who had been managing Showtime — programming executive Gary Levine and business executive Jana Winograd — stepped down.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2023

After Henry-Bohoskey pointed out that she had been managing social accounts for nearly two years, she alleges in the lawsuit, the Resnicks changed the requirement to three to five years.

From Washington Post • Jan. 4, 2022

Adam had been managing the administrator business for Mother and paying her taxes with his, of course when she made a deed to you, and had it recorded, they told him.

From A Daughter of the Land by Stratton-Porter, Gene