had been robbing
- past perfect progressive of rob.
Example Sentences
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He had already complained that evening that the White Moll for the last few weeks had been robbing them of the fruits of their laboriously planned schemes.
From The White Moll by Packard, Frank L. (Frank Lucius)
“Well then, sir, I must tell you it was him who had been robbing you ever since the first day he came to us.”
From The Haute Noblesse A Novel by Fenn, George Manville
I am congratulating myself that we boys had sense enough not to take seriously your claim that you had been robbing anyone's garden.
From The High School Boys' Canoe Club by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)
He refused to admit that he had been robbing the trap lines or that he had even been watching the camp in Smugglers' Hollow.
From The Boy Scouts in A Trapper's Camp by Burgess, Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo)
The gambler's gaze passed around the table and found no help from the men he had been robbing.
From The Sheriff's Son by Raine, William MacLeod
