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It seemed she had been romancing before; it was not true about the Captain's having asked her to keep a look out.

From Wanderers by Worster, W. J. Alexander (William John Alexander)

The captain had been romancing when he told Nikolay Vsyevolodovitch she had been dressing herself up.

From The Possessed (The Devils) by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor

One moment, she believed that Gladys had been romancing for some purpose of her own; the next, that all she said was true.

From Gladys, the Reaper by Beale, Anne

It was felt that either Denry had been romancing to the Captain, or that he had been married before, unknown to his Nellie, and had been "carrying on" at Geneva.

From The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns by Bennett, Arnold

Sorrow gave place to insufferable distrust that while she had been romancing about this cowboy, dreaming of her good influence over him, he had been merely base.

From Light of the Western Stars by Grey, Zane