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Recently, Green had been sketching designs for an off-the-grid cabin he planned to build in Hawaii, where he was born while his father was in the Army.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 1, 2023

That was a discovery for me, that he had been sketching characters for his books.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 5, 2014

What he really wanted was to be an artist, and he already had a subject: birds, which he had been sketching for years.

From New York Times • Mar. 27, 2014

He had been sketching throughout the game, and the balls of paper were rejected ideas.

From Salon • Jun. 25, 2012

He had been sketching constantly all the time he talked, and now, impelled by curiosity, Georgina got up from the stone bench and walked over to take a look at his work.

From Georgina of the Rainbows by Johnston, Annie F. (Annie Fellows)