had been selecting
- past perfect progressive of select.
Example Sentences
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It happened that Nordness had been selecting and photographing 102 works to reproduce in color in a forthcoming book aimed at showing all phases of contemporary U.S. painting.
From Time Magazine Archive
In each hand she held an egg—she had been selecting two big ones for an omelet.
From The Tangled Threads by Porter, Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman)
He had been selecting plants for the windows of his apartment, and needed a reliable man to arrange them in suitable boxes.
From A Gentleman Vagabond and Some Others by Smith, Francis Hopkinson
If an artist had been selecting a dress for me he would probably have chosen that one.
From Her Father's Daughter by Stratton-Porter, Gene
During three or four months previous to the expedition, Cavaignac had been selecting and retaining as guides whatever Saharians he could find acquainted with that part of the desert he intended to traverse.
From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 452 Volume 18, New Series, August 28, 1852 by Chambers, Robert
