had been recording
- past perfect progressive of record.
Example Sentences
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After watching the video, she understood that he had been recording her.
From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2026
They found evidence suggesting Edwards had been recording guests at his short-term rental without their knowledge, using his cellphone to film them through cracks in the windows, Woertman said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2026
Hernández and his partner, a Dominican rapper known as Yailín la Más Viral, had been recording at the producer’s studio.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 18, 2024
A colleague then plugged the sensor, which had been recording temperatures and humidity levels for a month, into a laptop and downloaded its data.
From Science Magazine ● Sep. 27, 2023
Then the young artist took down the ladder by means of which he had reached the bit of cloister-wall where he had been recording his observations of life, and called the monks to see.
From Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning by Reynolds, Myra