Sentence examples for had been violating from inspiring English sources
But what Grace and other fans like him may not know was that he had been violating N.C.A.A. regulations.
And it was last March that Colorado's Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the University of Colorado had been violating a 2003 state law by prohibiting concealed weapons.
The C.I.A. report made the case that North Korea had been violating international law — and agreements with South Korea and the United States — by secretly obtaining the means to produce weapons-grade uranium.
A priest complained to Bishop McCormack that Father Paquin had been violating restrictions by returning to Haverhill and "romancing" a boy who was about 15 or 16 years old.
The league did not, however, issue a blanket demand for all videos and notes the Patriots had, in order to determine whether the team had been violating the rules on videotaping in previous seasons or in its Super Bowl victories.
Then came the axis-of-evil speech, and then, in October, Pyongyang's astounding admission that it had been violating the Agreed Framework by running a secret uranium-enrichment program, which triggered a cutoff of Framework-mandated fuel-oil supplies.
