Example Sentences

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Mr Sharp said the shop had been opening on Sundays on a trial basis since February and added it was possible someone thought it would be closed.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2022

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the New York attorney general’s office to settle charges that it had been opening credit cards for customers without their permission.

From New York Times • Apr. 23, 2019

Ferguson had been opening the caricature stand when Torres confronted him.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 24, 2017

Prior to that, studios like Sony and 20th Century Fox had been opening up their back catalogs of movies for archival soundtrack releases, but Paramount wasn’t quite on board yet.

From Salon • Sep. 13, 2016

“What is it to you, sir?” cried Uncle Paul, who had been opening a very keen-looking, peculiarly-shaped, ivory-handled knife.

From The Ocean Cat's Paw The Story of a Strange Cruise by Stacey, W. S. (Walter S.)