Examples of 'had been paying' in a sentence

Meaning of "had been paying"

had been paying ~ 'Had been paying' is a past perfect continuous tense phrase that signifies an ongoing action that was happening in the past and was completed before another action or event took place. It suggests that the subject had continuously made payments or provided financial compensation for a certain period of time in the past

How to use "had been paying" in a sentence

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had been paying
They had been paying a tax on their gold mines.
Monger complained that he had been paying the interest monthly.
He had been paying attention to the surrounding environment since he came in.
But that was no surprise to anyone who had been paying attention.
If you truly had been paying attention to my encounter with.
Mother was terrified and had been paying him off.
Zhao had been paying attention to what was happening outside the space.
So maybe the universe had been paying him back after all.
I had been paying my employees.
The answer was that no one had been paying all that much attention.
He had been paying attention to Chu Feng the entire time.
The boss of this hotel had been paying attention to Zhao.
If I had been paying more attention to what the sign said.
So I had hoped that the strangers with us had been paying attention.
Didnt realize she had been paying attention to what i have been doing.

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I needed to optimise exactly how much I had been paying for each click.
In the meantime we had been paying much more down on our mortgage payments.
There was a professorial tone of approval - the student had been paying attention.
Anyone who had been paying attention would have seen this coming from miles away.
I mentioned in my last post that I had been paying a visit to the British Museum.
Albert had been paying RD on his own to come after us.
In a number of cases, missions had been paying a lower rate.
A Veteran had been paying child support for two years.
Burrow 's victory should not come as a surprise to anybody who had been paying attention this season.
The Mission had been paying the contractor without receiving an invoice.
One of my investigators discovered that your father had been paying Daniel's mother.
The Government of Nepal had been paying considerable attention to the rights of asylumseekers.
That 's a huge savings over what I had been paying.
My parents had been paying tuition for Craig to go to Catholic school.
Their prices are extremely reasonable -- much better than I had been paying previously.
But I had been paying for the rent and bills and vacations.
Ollorto 's ransom is arranged by Don Croce, who Ollorto had been paying protection money to.
So I had been paying off credit cards as much as I could making good progress.
You know, if you had been paying attention.
She had been paying attention, perhaps a little too much.
Well, if your guards had been paying.
If they had been paying attention, this comes as no surprise.
It seems that, unlike me, she had been paying attention.
If my father had been paying attention, he would have noticed a few things.
I think I mentioned this morning that it had been paying $75 per metric ton.
What if he had been paying attention to the game and had not seen the incident?
Dunhill to the extent possible, he had been paying close attention to faces!
The Agency had been paying her in advance, but the authorized maximum had been reached.
When I was 16, I found out that my mother had been paying him to be my friend.
Medi-Cal had been paying for their medicines.
I was able to save over $500 per year compared to what I had been paying.
She assumed I knew John had been paying her to keep quiet about what I did.
Had been paying closer attention. Things wouldn't have gotten so bad if those around her.
Thankfully, someone had been paying for his hospital bills.
When I was 16, I found out that my mother had been paying him.

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