mine
pronoun
a form of the possessive case of I used as a predicate adjective.
were mining
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past progressiveof mine.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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"They were mining gold, selling timber, harvesting people's cocoa, collecting taxes, extorting money from people, etc. They were modestly growing and with money."
From Reuters ● Jul. 14, 2023
While McKinsey consultants were mining the wisdom of the east, the ideas of Harvard Business School’s Michael Jensen started to find favour among Wall Street financiers.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 23, 2017
“They were very different people, but they were mining a lot of the same subjects, and they each had significant bodies of work in those areas.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 25, 2015
The Greeks were mining for silver to make their beautiful drachma coins.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2015
When we were mining, we lived in separate tents, so as not to intrude our obnoxiousness on each other.
From Rolling Stones by O. Henry
