- past perfect progressive of respect.
Example Sentences
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It removed all the difficulty there had been respecting giving the Holy Scriptures to the inmates.
From Elizabeth Fry by Pitman, Mrs. E. R.
It did not strike Mr. Gresley that the advice might have been somewhat different if the question had been respecting the burning of a book instead of a letter.
From Red Pottage by Cholmondeley, Mary
One of his greatest sources of anxiety had been respecting the movements of the Duke of Ormond, upon whose making a diversion in favour of James, in England, Mar had counted.
From Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745. Volume I. by Thomson, Mrs.
"Anyhow," said George, who had been respecting Mr. Alfred Prince, "anyhow, I'm glad you didn't go to the concert with him."
From The Roll-Call by Bennett, Arnold