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 Wollstonecraft, Mary