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The phrase "had been finding" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to indicate that something was in progress at some point in the past and is now complete. For example: "He had been finding the perfect gift, but then he remembered her favorite restaurant was her gift of choice."
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European banks had been finding it increasingly difficult to finance their operations from private markets.
But Mackintosh had been finding it increasingly difficult to accommodate his clients' small-minded views, their interference.
He had been finding out what Trump campaign officials who had contact with suspected Russian agents knew about the Russian hacking of Democratic emails.
James Tomsheck, the CBP's former head of internal affairs, called the idea of waivers "preposterous" in light of what the polygraph tests had been finding.
For centuries the people of the Netherlands had been finding clever ways to think about, exploit and control space in their crowded, sea-threatened land.
Wendy told CNN: "He had been very disturbed over some of the things that he had been finding in his research.
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She has been finding it really hard to find decent literature which doesn't cover this.
Across America sick people have been finding it exceptionally difficult to find affordable health insurance.
That relationship has been finding its footing.
The problem has been finding it.
"The problem has been finding available apartments".
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