Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
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We drove to Lourmarin, a village we had summered in, in 1987 — when our daughters were still with us and not yet mothers in their turn.
From New York Times ● Jun. 17, 2011
His grandmother had summered with Wharton in Newport, R.I.; his parents were friends of Wharton’s lawyers.
From New York Times ● Jan. 28, 2010
My room-mates, who had summered in P-town before, had jobs waiting for them.
From Salon ● Dec. 20, 2000
The sociable hermit who had summered for the last twenty years in his tiny cabin on the point gave us friendly counsel and excellent large blueberries.
From Days Off And Other Digressions by Henry Van Dyke
He had summered at the Virginia Springs; he had been to Philadelphia, to Washington, to Richmond, to Lynchburg, and to Charleston, and had accumulated a great deal of experience which he found useful.
From Free Joe and Other Georgian Sketches by Joel Chandler Harris
