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had been wheeling
  • past perfect progressive of wheel.

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Cole had been wheeling around in his motor at the time, when his agent Jonathan Barnett announced the figure over the Bluetooth.

From The Guardian • Jan. 29, 2016

For 13 days, Che had been wheeling, dealing, and stealing the scene at Punta del Este without provoking a U.S. reply.

From Time Magazine Archive

On the east side of the Danube, where Marshal Rodion Y. Malinovsky had been wheeling on the pivot of Budapest, a new battle was announced with a flourish of Moscow's victory guns.

From Time Magazine Archive

A swift dark shape which had been wheeling in the blue sky plummeted down.

From Time Magazine Archive

At this pace Penelope knew she had only moments to ask the fortune-teller all the questions that had been wheeling through her mind.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood