⏰Tenses
Past Perfect Continuous
Action that had been continuing up to a point in the past. Form: had been + V-ing.
i
Past Perfect Continuous
Action that had been continuing up to a point in the past. Form: had been + V-ing.
c
Past Perfect Continuous
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Past Perfect Continuous
Action that had been continuing up to a point in the past. Form: had been + V-ing.
He was tired because he had been running for two hours.
The ground was wet — it had been raining all night.
She had been studying for hours before she finally took a break.
They had been talking for an hour when I joined them.
I had been waiting for thirty minutes before the bus finally arrived.
The children were dirty because they had been playing in the mud.
Had you been living here long before you got married?
We had been walking for miles when we finally found a gas station.