regard
verb (used with object)
to look upon or think of with a particular feeling.
had been regarding
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past perfect progressiveof regard.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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Sullivan said the administration is in daily communication with Taliban officials but declined to say what their private message had been regarding the possibility of a prolonged U.S. presence, however short.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 23, 2021
I had been regarding the field, the tractor—the valley—and the planting and garden, all as things of mine, to do or to worry about.
From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien
“That’s a queer looking pipe,” interjected Tom, who had been regarding the object with a good deal of interest.
From Frontier Boys in the South Seas by Wyn Roosevelt
Turning to Reifferscheid, she found that he had been regarding her raptly.
From She Buildeth Her House by William Wistar Comfort
It was the grave Sir Thorstenson, who had approached him unobserved, and who had been regarding the little lively princess with a look of compassion.
From The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance by Bernhard Severin Ingemann
