direct
verb (used with object)
to manage or guide by advice, helpful information, instruction, etc..
had been directing
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past perfect progressiveof direct.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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But all along, Rehn said he had been directing customers to deposit their money to accounts controlled by Alameda, and had used FTX's computer code to let Alameda withdraw deposits.
From Reuters ● Oct. 4, 2023
Murray was the movie’s intended lead, and it was also to star Aziz Ansari, who had been directing it and who wrote the script.
From Seattle Times ● May 1, 2022
Dr. Robin Straus said she had only one doctor on duty at a time at her small Bay Harbor Islands, Fla., practice, and had been directing families to local children’s hospitals for vaccinations.
From New York Times ● Nov. 3, 2021
The officer had been directing traffic away from an area where there were protesters.
From Washington Times ● May 31, 2020
Sandy indicated the flivver and introduced Miranda Bailey, who had been directing the stowage of the grips and the proper subordination of the porter, who had not seemed appreciative of the flivver.
From Rimrock Trail by Joseph Allan Dunn
