had been perceiving
- past perfect progressive of perceive.
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In August, 2010, Renetta e-mailed Rexroad to say that Christopher had been perceiving invisible dangers: when Stephen told him to do a household chore, Christopher reacted as if he’d been threatened.
From The New Yorker • Jan. 26, 2015