Sentence examples for had been staging from inspiring English sources

It was a coup for Rock Against Racism, which had been staging only small events for two years.

Scores of officers arrived in vehicles that had been staging over by the Brooklyn Bridge but were now at Zuccotti Park.

The students had been staging a peaceful protest against a new restrictive press law, passed by the conservative-dominated parliament two days earlier.

In the south, stick-wielding security forces in Hilla attacked a group of demonstrators who had been staging a sit-in at the provincial governor's office, wounding six.

In the Kinondo area of the city, police fired shots into the air to disperse demonstrators who had been staging a sit-in.

Originally scheduled to perform at the ribbon-cutting ceremony with the Wooster Group, Tribe nearly backed out when they learned that the company, known for their experimental works, had been staging an adaptation of Shakespeare featuring actors in redface.

Like much else in North Korea, their isolation had been staged.

It had been staged, they said, to take away people's rights to guns.

Judge Baker said that police investigators came away believing the incident had been staged.

The case was dismissed, but during it Doisneau revealed that the scene had been staged.

It was the first time the two had been staged in tandem in the United States.