Examples of 'had been listening' in a sentence

Meaning of "had been listening"

had been listening: This phrase indicates that someone was actively paying attention to and focusing on sounds or spoken words in the past, suggesting a continuous or prolonged period of listening

How to use "had been listening" in a sentence

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had been listening
I had been listening to him there all night.
The old chief had been listening.
They had been listening in silence to our conversation.
Just like the records we had been listening to.
Rieux had been listening closely to the journalist.
Of course her mother had been listening in.
He had been listening to the radio down there.
I wish someone had been listening in.
John had been listening to a local talk show.
I was not sure how much of this conversation he had been listening to.
The children had been listening to the conversation.
Nobody believed them that they had been listening.
It was clear they had been listening to my phone conversations.
It would have been humiliating for the senator if he had been listening.
I had been listening to music all day.

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It was clear that he had been listening.
Gael had been listening to the conversation.
Almost all listeners on both occasions thought that they had been listening to one guitar.
Leela had been listening to the conversation.
He mentioned that he had been listening to WMBI.
I had been listening to a lot more music at the time.
Perhaps he had been listening in.
I had been listening to a lot of old rock and roll records.
I met a lady who said that she had been listening by radio a couple nights ago.
He had been listening to the conversation a few feet away.
It was then I realized that the shuttle driver had been listening intently to our conversation.
Rashia had been listening to the conversation.
It was shocking to me because I had been listening to your records.
She had been listening to our exchange.
By this time I was not a bit surprised Francine had been listening to us.
God had been listening all along.
The White Tower Master asked from where he had been listening to their conversation.
I had been listening to a lot of black music.
Plus, it showed that he had been listening to me.
Piper had been listening to our exchange.
For the first time, we felt someone had been listening.
The twins had been listening with growing satisfaction.
My fiancé had entered the room, and evidently had been listening to our conversation.
Ellie had been listening intently the entire time.
What if everything he had been listening to was true?
He had been listening to them for more than an hour.
Stop scribbling! Aimlessly he had been listening.
Jean had been listening in on them.
In Smut 's version, Gardy was high on drugs and had been listening to heavy metal.
Sarah had been listening at the door.
It was warm in the car, and Nunn had been listening to the radio.
He had been listening to his walkman.
Pattering of the rain on Suzaku Avenue… Aimlessly he had been listening to the.
He told me he had been listening to it for a while.
And I thought I heard this click on the phone, you know, like someone had been listening.

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