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had been viewing

  • past perfect progressive of view.

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But Ghazali had been viewing pro-Hezbollah material before his family was killed, Runyan said.

From Barron's Mar. 30, 2026

“Facebook’s practices don’t bear up to close, informed scrutiny nearly as well as they look from the 30,000ft view, which is how people had been viewing Facebook previously.”

From The Guardian Mar. 24, 2018

He also told the court that he had been viewing the star-filled sky moments before the incident, as he had a passion for star-gazing.

From BBC Mar. 3, 2017

Because when I first told Mrs. Janssen that I would find Mirjam, I had been viewing her as a discrete puzzle that I could try to solve.

From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse

The collie had been viewing this astounding scene in eager interest.

From Black Caesar's Clan : a Florida Mystery Story by Terhune, Albert Payson