Example Sentences

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Marine Corps, had been walking home from his job as a substitute teacher at the school.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Lamin Kongira told BBC Scotland News he had been walking past when a shopkeeper ran out saying "fire, fire".

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026

Mr Broadhurst, who had been walking his dog at the time, was treated by paramedics but died at the scene.

From BBC • Oct. 30, 2025

In the initial media reports, Jonathan had been described as a witness, who had been walking with his father and told police that Isak had slipped and fallen to the bottom of the gorge below.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 26, 2025

Some of the guys who had been walking away stopped then and turned, all of them looking at me and waiting for an answer.

From "Miracle's Boys" by Jacqueline Woodson