Sentence examples for had been obtaining from inspiring English sources

The caterer said it had been obtaining temporary permits to serve liquor.

Lately, he had been obtaining fresh plants from a laboratory that cultivated the seeds in antiseptic petri dishes.

But the unintended consequence of that restriction may mean that some addicts who had been obtaining the pills legally are now having to buy them illegally.

A senior law enforcement official said the detectives in recent weeks had been obtaining DNA samples from possible suspects, and an investigator said DNA had conclusively linked Mr. Johnson to the crimes.

However, Wright told the inquiry he did not know until August 2011, when the paper was given access to the information commissioner's Operation Motorman files, that Whittamore had been obtaining information he was supplying to the Mail on Sunday illegally and that "nobody had suggested" that he was doing anything other than legitimate research for the paper.

He insisted that valuable information had been obtained.

And the information had been obtained through hacking?

All of which, it was obvious, had been obtained through official channels.

It was still unclear whether the prescription pills had been obtained legally.

But the investigator declined to describe what DNA evidence had been obtained.

Press Secretary Ricardo Puno said independent confirmation of the beheadings had been obtained.