Sentence examples for had been firing from inspiring English sources

The rebels had been firing at paramilitary positions in the area.

The American ships had been firing at radar shadows on a dark night.

The army said militants had been firing mortar shells from the village at nearby Israeli settlements.

The rocket team I met in Beit Hanoun had been firing Qassams.

They had been firing in self-defence or in the defence of colleagues.

For weeks, he had been firing verbal fusillades at the BBC, to no avail.

They had a tank perched at cliff side, and they had been firing away.

She told us about treating enemy combatants, who only moments earlier had been firing on her.

The evidence indicated that people had been firing from both sides of the street, the official said.

Two more airstrikes blew apart two buildings on the opposite side from where the Taliban had been firing.

Later, he learned that Othniel Boaz Askew had been firing seven shots at City Councilman James E. Davis.