tutor
noun
a person employed to instruct another in some branch or branches of learning, especially a private instructor.
had been tutoring
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past perfect progressiveof tutor.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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He had been tutoring her and a number of other children in his own home for several years.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2024
Morrison once worked as a parking attendant at a Waikiki hotel but had been tutoring neighborhood children.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 27, 2022
They included Kyaw Kyaw Thet, who had been tutoring medical students, and senior surgeon Thet Htay, who the doctor said witnesses had seen handcuffed and bruised before being led away on July 16.
From Reuters ● Jul. 22, 2021
If Stephanie had been tutoring Erin, it made sense that Erin had gotten her grades up.
From "Here to Stay" by Sara Farizan
Maria gazed wildly at her, her whole frame was convulsed with emotion; when the child, whom Jemima had been tutoring all the journey, uttered the word 'Mamma!'
From Maria, or the Wrongs of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft
