Sentence examples for had been continuing from inspiring English sources

After the past-tense "said," sequence-of-tense rules require "had been continuing" or "was continuing".

Negotiations had been continuing until the governor announced the deal Tuesday afternoon.

Mr. Kaiman said there had been continuing problems with the restaurant.

He declined to comment on what happened with the negotiations with the Fox network, except to say that they had been continuing.

Others, however, had been continuing to use the route, which is one of the "aerial motorways" between northern Europe and south Asia.

"After a decline that had been continuing for several decades, the labor movement has finally begun to see a rise in union membership".

b, c Complete response of liver metastases and lymph node metastases had been continued.

The Grottoes were initially excavated in 336 AD, and the excavation had been continued until Yuan Dynasty (1271 1368 AD).

A complete remission could possibly have been achieved if milbemycin oxim treatment had been continued.

This trend might have become clearer if the experiment had been continued for a longer time.

5 years earlier, coumarins had been continued for 3 months in 65% of cases/departments.