YOU SAID:
Having been some time under instruction
INTO JAPANESE
しばらく指導を受けていた
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I was instructed for a while
INTO JAPANESE
しばらく指示されました
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Instructed for a while
INTO JAPANESE
しばらく指示された
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Instructed for a while
Come on, you can do better than that.