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She had been tidying her pet perennial border, and my father had called her hastily, and she had left it half finished, and had forgotten the fork.

From We and the World, Part I A Book for Boys by Ewing, Juliana Horatia Gatty

Mrs. Boyce, who had been tidying a table of food and medicine, came and asked him if he would be wheeled into another room across the gallery, which had been arranged as a sitting-room.

From Marcella by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

She washed her hands after pouring out the paraffin, and came into the sitting-room, Pamela, who had been tidying herself upstairs, entering at the same moment.

From For the School Colours by Brazil, Angela

It had been tidying up a monkey and was going home a bit stupid and sleepy.

From The Judge by West, Rebecca

She had been tidying up his writing-table, going over all his papers with a feather brush, and she had come on the manuscript of the Ramblings unfinished.

From Mr. Waddington of Wyck by Sinclair, May