Sentence examples for had been executing from inspiring English sources

They have done exactly what they would have done, and done rightfully, if they had been executing a warrant.

He spoke at length about the threat posed by the Islamic State, which had been executing hostages and rapidly acquiring territory in northern Iraq and Syria.

Mr. Searle acknowledged that in a difficult market, Nokia had been "executing near perfection," but he wondered whether that would be enough.

The bank had called in political support to kill the CIA's attempts to force them to disclose their clients, on whose behalf they had been executing prohibited transactions.

Grouchy, however, had been executing Napoleon's previous orders to follow the Prussians "with your sword against his back" towards Wavre, and was by then too far away to reach Waterloo.

The German Army had reached the Vistula river near Warsaw by 7 September and the Luftwaffe had been executing the kind of close air support operations Galland had been advocating.

Hours later, Mr Mollah had been executed.

By November, 550 people had been executed.

Koch had been executed by the Germans.

Some Sandinistas suggested that Linder had been executed or tortured.

What if the five young men had been executed?