Examples of 'had been collecting' in a sentence

Meaning of "had been collecting"

had been collecting - Indicates that someone was in the process of gathering or amassing items or information over a period of time in the past

How to use "had been collecting" in a sentence

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had been collecting
We had been collecting data for six years.
But we were confident to leave because we had been collecting data.
Your mother had been collecting these.
You can see what Diehl-Armstrong had been collecting.
My father had been collecting dirt on the chancellor.
For the past few days, his main motive had been collecting valuable items.
Althaus had been collecting material.
This tax replaces the pollutant discharge fee, which China had been collecting for nearly 40 years.
I had been collecting the original.
But the video also revealed that OSNAC officers had been collecting operational intelligence on Israel.
I had been collecting information.
My great-grandfather had been collecting seagull eggs.
They had been collecting the windows through out their road trip adventures.
An entrepreneur since childhood, Christine had been collecting domains over the years.
My father had been collecting dirt on the chancellor for quite some time.

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In addition, as reported, the detained had been collecting the FSB staff data.
She also had been collecting sea glass long before she started the classes.
Part of the collection was pre-restoration drama which Wise had been collecting since 1900.
The preface states that he had been collecting this information since a young boy.
I had been collecting the manga because of the adorable-ness of the art and story.
He also uses some scorpions he had been collecting to attack Destro and Doctor Mindbender.
I had been collecting the original Star Trek.
You see, for many years, I had been collecting the original Star Trek.
I had been collecting the original You see, for many years.
That 's why we had been collecting it for a few weeks.
I had been collecting the original TOS action figures, and Janice would have completed my collection.
Russian troops had been collecting intelligence against Syrian rebels.
I had been collecting information about chimpanzee behaviour at the invitation of Dr. Louis Leakey.
My Bible had been collecting dust on the shelf for years.
I had been collecting the original Star Trek: T.O.S. action figures.
Bai Xiaochun had been collecting them, and now had several hundred.
Maschal had been collecting artifacts relating to women 's history since the 1970s.
Navindra had been collecting used plates, ready to take them into the kitchen.

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