Sentence examples for had been mulled from inspiring English sources

By the time the Illinois Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that Mr. Emanuel was indeed qualified to run for mayor, the question had been mulled by lawyers, election officials, judges and ordinary voters for months.

The main obstacle in the past was reportedly star Renée Zellweger's unwillingness to pile on the pounds to reprise her role as the curvaceous eternal singleton, though the option of wheeling out a slimline Bridget for film No 3 had been mulled over.

At the Rye Elementary School outside Portsmouth, Rose Cotronea said she had been mulling over her choice for months.

I had been mulling this question when I saw a newspaper article about Hamm.

Bowman, 66, had been mulling his future since the Red Wings' second-round playoff elimination by Colorado.

The scramble began on Thursday, when Mr. Lancman, who had been mulling a challenge to Mr. Ackerman, had a change of heart, and decided not to run.

The town's image (along with its businesses) was suffering, and the ex-Hizzoner, Brian Fletcher, had been mulling how he might repair the damage.

The left-back had been mulling over the decision on his international future long before the news of the affair became public.

This month the Pentagon said it would not send an aircraft-carrier on a visit to China this year, an idea that both sides had been mulling.

This would amount to much less radical action than Mr Cameron had been mulling, during a six-week of frenzy of policy drafting in Number 10 Downing Street.

Mr. Warchus himself had been mulling a "Bête" revival for a decade, he said, and the producers cottoned to his vision.