had been raiding
- past perfect progressive of raid.
Example Sentences
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Flashlight in hand, Tiba was concerned because wild boars had been raiding her corn, according to the village chief, Faris.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2019
Ten years before Tom Mooney went to jail, a farmer of Waterford, Conn. shot a golden eagle which had been raiding his chicken-run.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Libyans answered that it was the Egyptians who had been raiding across the border.
From Time Magazine Archive
Native reports had brought in information that Fadil, who had been raiding the country, was now in the neighbourhood, on his way to rejoin the main Dervish army, which was lying near Gadi.
From With Kitchener in the Soudan A Story of Atbara and Omdurman by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
They bought his loot—he had been raiding some planet rather above the level of Khepera and below that of Amaterasu—and healed the wounds his ship had taken getting it.
From Space Viking by Piper, H. Beam
