account
noun
an oral or written description of particular events or situations; narrative.
had been accounting
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past perfect progressiveof account.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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Ford's compacts, which had been accounting for 41% of company sales last June, were down to 35.7% in November's first ten days.
From Time Magazine Archive
The world was better than he had been accounting it.
From Gordon Keith by Thomas Nelson Page
