had been patronizing
- past perfect progressive of patronize.
Example Sentences
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His grievance was that cops had been patronizing Hauke’s shop and that sheriffs had evicted his cousins, Hauke’s Section 8 tenants, from one of the apartments upstairs.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 7, 2015
Based on the seething and regret you hear from some law school grads, more than a few wish that someone had been patronizing enough to say, “Oh no you don’t.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 9, 2011
In the eight years that Johnny had been patronizing McGarrity’s saloon, he had spoken daily to McGarrity in praise of Katie and the children.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
Was this vivid, dazzling creature the boy he had been patronizing, lecturing, promising to thrash any time during the past four days?
From Bucky O'Connor by Raine, William MacLeod
One of its chief difficulties was in getting printing paper, the manufacturer it had been patronizing declining to furnish it except for cash, while the Democrat needed partial credit.
From The Abolitionists Together With Personal Memories Of The Struggle For Human Rights by Hume, John F. (John Ferguson)
