Sentence examples for had been shining from inspiring English sources

But even if the sun had been shining, it is doubtful that many in the crowd would have felt the need to leave their seats and search for better entertainment.

It ended with them saying, "We need to go to New York". The light that had been shining on the books from the front moved so that it was shining from behind.

Carter noted that the first life-forms on Earth took almost as long to evolve into humans (some 4 billion years) as the sun, a middle-aged star, had been shining (5 billion years).

Gleam is his central business tenet, he explained, noting that his shoes had been shined the day before.

Just minutes before he died, powerful lights, enough to "light up half a football pitch", had been shone on Saunders's Markham Square property.

However, the north Africans' equaliser was a controversial one as television pictures showed a laser from the crowd had been shone in the face of Russian goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev moments before the goal.

The Sun has been shining for 4.6 billion years.

Stenson has been shining as long and as bright as Sweden's midnight sun.

The sun has been shining over the Windy City and temperatures are relatively mild.

Finally, the sun has been shining on parts of the UK.

The quasar seems to have been shining just as the dark ages were ending.