have been fencing

• present perfect progressive

  present perfect progressive

  Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.

  of fence.
  fence

  noun

  a barrier enclosing or bordering a field, yard, etc., usually made of vertical posts connected with horizontal sections of sturdy material or materials, as wood, metal, vinyl, or wire, used to prevent entrance, to confine, or to mark a boundary.

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have been fencing

You have been fencing hard all morning, and you are tired, whilst I, having done little, am entirely fresh.

From Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini

Is it about that you have been fencing all this time?

From The Long Night by Stanley John Weyman

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