had been purchasing
- past perfect progressive of purchase.
Example Sentences
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Gonzalez had been purchasing Scratchers twice a month, and the most she’s ever won was $50.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 28, 2024
At the November meeting, the Fed approved reductions in the amount of Treasury bonds and mortgage backed securities it had been purchasing to put downward pressure on long-term interest rates.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 24, 2021
Recent filings from some prominent hedge funds showed they had been purchasing ‘puts’ — bets that make money when the price of an investment declines — against her fund during the second quarter.
From New York Times ● Aug. 22, 2021
Mason, Slidell, and L. J. C. Lamar, who had been purchasing supplies in London for the Confederacy,—and McRae were present.
From The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy by Coffin, Charles Carleton
It was a kodak which she had been purchasing for the little boy who had lived with her, and whom it had almost broken her heart to lose.
From The Portion of Labor by Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins
