scheme
noun
a plan, design, or program of action to be followed; project.
had been scheming
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past perfect progressiveof scheme.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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Until the end of post-production last summer, Sorkin, it transpires, was totally unaware the film's composer Daniel Pemberton had been scheming with Celeste behind his back... in the best possible way.
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2021
A much wealthier and better-connected group had been scheming for portions of the Rancho San Antonio well before the Parsons arrived.
From Slate ● Feb. 9, 2015
Nov. 17 marks two months since the occupation at Zuccotti Park began and Occupy Wall Street, alongside allied organizations, including unions, had been scheming actions weeks in advance.
From Time ● Nov. 17, 2011
Since last January's elections, one of Mikolajczyk's erstwhile followers had been scheming to take the Polish Peasant Party into the Government bloc.
From Time Magazine Archive
Twenty-four hours only separated him from the solemn day for which he had been scheming for a month, and of which he had dreamed for years.
From The Companions of Jehu by Alexandre Dumas père
