Example Sentences

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Bass had previously said that the California National Guard, who had been manning checkpoints blocking nonresidents from accessing the community, would be withdrawing.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2025

About 300 yards from that base, at 31 Yablunska St., Ivan Skyba, a 43-year-old builder, and five other fighters had been manning a makeshift checkpoint when the Russians returned.

From Seattle Times • May 20, 2022

At one point, nearly 20 officers who had been manning barricades suddenly bolted for an intersection across a street bridge over a freeway — where protesters shouted at and jostled with police already there.

From US News • Mar. 11, 2016

That looked as if it would be an issue this week, with Bene Benwikere, who had been manning the No. 2 corner spot, breaking his leg against Atlanta.

From New York Times • Dec. 18, 2015

He had been manning an observation post 5.7 miles from the mountain, but he had a college placement interview on May 18 in California, and so had left the site the day before the eruption.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson