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Short had been noting how gratifying it felt when the Bowl audience roared its approval when an image from “Only Murders in the Building” showed up during a preshow montage of their comic careers.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 9, 2022

For some time the girls had been noting the procession of carriages and wagons winding over the mountain roads, all verging upon this main trail over the ridge which passed so close to Hillcrest.

From The Girls of Hillcrest Farm The Secret of the Rocks by Marlowe, Amy Bell

Being slightly deaf, he had heard scarcely anything, and had been noting the number and variety of the performances.

From Whittier-land A Handbook of North Essex, Containing Many Anecdotes of and Poems by John Greenleaf Whittier Never Before Collected. by Pickard, Samuel T. (Samuel Thomas)

On the way across town Dave had been noting the direction and force of the wind.

From Dave Darrin's Third Year at Annapolis Leaders of the Second Class Midshipmen by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)

In the next room, Lucy, listening sleepily to the two voices, had been noting the difference in their quality.

From The Delafield Affair by Kelly, Florence Finch