mine
pronoun
a form of the possessive case of I used as a predicate adjective.
had mined
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past perfectof mine.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Wilber, the Washington investigations editor for The Associated Press, said he had mined hundreds of thousands of records held at the U.S.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 10, 2024
Where the company had mined, it had left behind a landscape of angular plateaus and open prairies alien to the Appalachians — “it feels like North Dakota,” Angel says.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 13, 2020
For the only time in the last month or so the England bowling that had mined the mother lode at Edgbaston and Trent Bridge was off colour.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 20, 2015
Ahead of the hearing, Mr. Kasparov had mined social media sites for photographs and video documenting his arrest.
From New York Times ● Aug. 24, 2012
It was many evenings and weekends before Shirley realized the treasure her father had mined from the basement.
From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord
