Example Sentences

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Yura was well aware that Russia's FSB security service had been ordering people to unlock their phones to reveal personal messages and contacts.

From BBC • May 27, 2022

The new mayor was reeled into making the admission after Politico reported over the weekend that he had been ordering fish at restaurants.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 7, 2022

All afternoon the authorities had been ordering residents to get out of town, and by twilight most people had.

From Time Magazine Archive

Thieu had been ordering just about everything to be held "at all costs."

From Time Magazine Archive

That sounded like what he had been ordering on the day Rufus called me.

From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler