had been reconstructing

• past perfect progressive

  past perfect progressive

  Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.

  of reconstruct.
  reconstruct

  verb (used with object)

  to construct again; rebuild; make over.

Related Words

• fix
• fix up
• modernize
• overhaul
• reassemble
• rebuild
• recreate
• reestablish
• regenerate
• rehabilitate
• rejuvenate
• remake
• remodel
• renovate
• repair
• reproduce
• restore
• revamp
• rework