Examples of 'had been operating' in a sentence

Meaning of "had been operating"

Indicates the past continuous action of running, functioning, or managing something

How to use "had been operating" in a sentence

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had been operating
And it had been operating without that regulation.
This is a radical departure from how they had been operating.
That had been operating for six months.
From its beginning the bank had been operating illegally.
I had been operating under the old regime.
The cooperative had been operating at a loss.
We had been operating with just a couple million dollars.
All of these places had been operating for years.
We had been operating from excuses.
An informant had told the secret police he had been operating a secret organisation.
Horizon had been operating the hotel under a management contract.
The suit also charged that Herbalife had been operating an illegal pyramid scheme.
We had been operating with a rotating schedule for the supervisors.
OPERA stated the component had been operating outside its specifications.
He had been operating a crane when it was struck by one of the mortars.

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The French army said its commandos had been operating on the ground for several days.
It had been operating for decades but output had declined in recent years.
Police said that the Snake Pit had been operating illegally after hours.
The firm had been operating under the guise of a playing card manufacturer.
Intelligence reports later disclosed that an entire Japanese battalion had been operating against A Company.
The man had been operating a jet ski.
At the time of the accident, the system had been operating for six years.
The fleet had been operating for some time in this condition.
And then, the debt based money supply system had been operating for decades.
This network had been operating for two years without notice.
However, police were not sure how long it had been operating in the Philippines.
The plant had been operating well below capacity for several years.
At that time a water borne sewage system had been operating for 20 years in Rangoon.
The station had been operating without a permit for some time before that.
When Barnett became president, the university had been operating in the red for several years.
The staff had been operating for hours before they realised the mistake.
Uh, the prosecution contended that the ring had been operating for at least 10 years.
We had been operating out of a shared production space in Vancouver.
In this sense, many communities had been operating with greater transparency.
Bayer had been operating in India for more than a century.
Two-thirds of the respondent companies had been operating in Thailand for more than 5 years.
I had been operating long that day but I still wanted to come and see him.
Of three former companies, which had been operating for many years in the education.
Gil had been operating under the business name of Judith Gil dba FJA and Associates.
Up until this point, I had been operating on sheer ego.
The girls had been operating for one day when Morningstar and another officer cruised by.
In fact, I didn't realize that I had been operating in a brain fog.
The company had been operating as a separate business under parent company Alphabet.
An 1883 advertisement noted they had been operating for two years.
Cruise ships had been operating from the port with a terminal at Langton Dock.
Though officially registered in 1995, in reality it had been operating already for several years.
The Council had been operating a special project for Russian immigrant children and young people.
By the time the aircraft were retired, No. 38 Squadron had been operating Caribous for 45 years.
The right engine had been operating normally up to the moment of impact.
This store had been operating for several decades before Adolph Kroch opened his bookstore.

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