aid
verb (used with object)
to provide support for or relief to; help.
had been aiding
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past perfect progressiveof aid.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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Hundreds of volunteers had been aiding efforts to find Lucas Dobson, who slipped into the River Stour while fishing in Sandwich, Kent, on Saturday.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2019
All day, he had been aiding neighbors from Salto Arriba, a hillside area of about 1,000 people, clearing roads with a chainsaw and ferrying disabled residents out on a makeshift stretcher.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2017
Then Feaker told Taylor the Restore Hope team had been aiding trafficking victims for five months and could transition them from that lifestyle, Taylor said.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 8, 2016
Finally, after an evening meeting with an Italian business partner who Allison says had been aiding him, Frankel came back and announced they were leaving Rome.
From Time Magazine Archive
With other business men, he had been aiding in the defence of the walls.
From Chatterbox, 1905. by Various
