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There had been wintry winds and intervening calms in the days since Mayo had been prosecuting his projects ashore.

From Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 by Day, Holman

His sense of the useless result to which the search he had been prosecuting had led him, thus far, seemed to have robbed him of half his energy already.

From Hide and Seek by Collins, Wilkie

He had been prosecuting the works of the siege with great vigor for two months.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None by Harper, Various (magazine)

In the meantime Wort had been prosecuting his bold investigations.

From The Knights of the White Shield Up-the-Ladder Club Series, Round One Play by Rand, Edward A.

In the meantime Mr. Redmain had been prosecuting certain inquiries he had some time ago begun, and another quite new one besides.

From Mary Marston by MacDonald, George