Sentence examples for had been winning from inspiring English sources

"If they had been winning, we wouldn't be talking about this".

His chief rival, V.M. Sudheeran, had been winning support by taking a hard line against drinking.

"They took the formula we had been winning on away from us," Kill said.

Also, a rival idiom had been winning ground since the end of the 18th century: irony.

Before Enron, Global Crossing and WorldCom, America had been winning the argument on accounting standards.

The Nuggets had been winning the past few years, at least in the regular season.

Nevertheless, much had been won.

The battle had been won.

Approval had been won from the Ministry of Education.

The title had been won and lost.

The planning appeal had been won only in June, 2010.