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had been sampling
  • past perfect progressive of sample.

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I found that a few of the berries of the two early kinds were ripe, also that the robins had been sampling them.

From Driven Back to Eden by Roe, Edward Payson

Several of the reagents bottles had been knocked over as if he had been sampling them.

From Star Surgeon by Nourse, Alan Edward