Example Sentences

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The home side had been turning the screw in the minutes leading up to their goal and now they have something to show for it.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2024

Montreal’s Claude Lemieux and Shayne Corson had been firing pucks into the empty net at the end of warmups, toying with the Flyers goalies, who had been turning the net around to prevent it.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 4, 2024

Boeing had been turning out as many as 52 Max models per month until the jet was involved in two fatal crashes in late 2018 and early 2019.

From New York Times • Jul. 27, 2022

Up until then, Bedeo had been turning vans such as Peugeot's Boxer and Opel's Movano into EVs for Stellantis by adding electric motors, batteries and operating system at a factory in Turkey.

From Reuters • Feb. 15, 2022

The wind had been turning through north to north-west during the night, and now it failed.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien