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

Beyond a doubt Wolf had been selecting the new regent's guard with the same patience and skill with which he had executed his political coup.

From Comrades A Story of Social Adventure in California by Dixon, Thomas

While this was going on the warriors had been selecting some light and sharp arrows and stringing their bows.

From Alfgar the Dane or the Second Chronicle of Aescendune by Crake, A. D. (Augustine David)

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

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