Sentence examples for had been bumping from inspiring English sources

She had real reason for concern (apart from the ire of her fellow reporters, whom she had been bumping off planes).

Before the settlement talks began, the land claim had been bumping its way through the federal courts since 1970, based on the argument -- upheld by the Supreme Court in 1985 -- that state and local governments had illegally acquired Indian lands 200 years ago.

Micron shares had been bumping up against their 10-day exponential moving average from Oct. 16 to Nov. 4, and finally broke through this resistance on Nov. 5.

Lisa, who we watched snort her government supplied heroin, first got her prescription in the 1980s, at one of the last surviving Rolleston-era drug clinics, which had been bumping along under the radar since the 1920s.

Altidore had been bumped, elbowed, kicked and tripped for 90-plus minutes by overzealous Algerian defenders.

Kuchar summoned the standings and learned he had been bumped down only one spot, to fifth.

By 2007, when the sums were redone, the cost of getting ready had been bumped up to £9.3 billion.

The commercial had been bumped from the Super Bowl in favor of another Budweiser spot that featured the Clydesdales.

Detectives believe the rifle was knocked over by a sliding glass door that had been bumped by another child.

Further change was unnecessary, since he had been bumped off before the US became a wartime ally.

Brodeur, who had been bumped outside the crease by Jokinen seconds before the goal, smashed his stick into the boards.