had been monitoring
- past perfect progressive of monitor.
Example Sentences
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On Nov. 4, FBI agents who had been monitoring the men arrested him as he was awaiting a flight to Istanbul at Newark Liberty International Airport.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2025
A coastguard ship had been monitoring the Adriana for 15 hours before it sank.
From BBC ● May 26, 2025
His volunteer company had been monitoring the fire along the ridge outside the village, and by the time the firefighters got back to town, they were barely ahead of the flames.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2024
Rutt enthusiasts had been monitoring his fan page for weeks hoping for news that the colossal creature would avoid a similar fate and safely cross Interstate 94.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 21, 2023
Radio calls my teammate Stuart Hutchison had been monitoring from Rob Hall on the South Summit made clear that our leader was in desperate straits and that Doug Hansen was dead.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
