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Past Perfect Progressive

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Past Perfect Progressive

We form the past perfect progressive (sometimes called the "past perfect continuous") with Had been + main verb + ing. We use this tense to talk an on-going process that happened in the past before something else in the past.

For example, we might say, "I had been waiting for two hours when the bus finally arrived." The bus arrived in the past, and before that, I had been in the on-going process of waiting for it to come.

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01:21 AM Nov 10 2009 | Reply

Schnibbi

Germany

Hallo ihr Stinker! :D

02:58 PM Nov 06 2009 | Reply

lonely85

Egypt

i had been walking i saw my friend

01:28 AM Nov 04 2009 | Reply

jajang kurniawan

Indonesia

i had been playing badminton since he come

02:32 AM Oct 26 2009 | Reply

zekaa

Saudi Arabia

i had been watching TV befor my friend come at my house

07:24 PM Oct 23 2009 | Reply

carlox alberto

Chile

i had been all the day bored

05:51 PM Oct 18 2009 | Reply

al33i

Iraq

i had been eating breakfast at 8.30 whenmy mather shout at  forme

03:56 PM Oct 18 2009 | Reply

jesana

Philippines

i had been training with computer programming during the years I had no job – is this correct?

03:58 AM Oct 08 2009 | Reply

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Bahrain

CryWhy we use (been)??help me

06:37 PM Oct 06 2009 | Reply

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United Kingdom

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10:40 AM Jul 30 2009 | Reply

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Fabz!!!

Mexico

I've been thinking about something interesting that is not about this bad movie…but the special effects….=)