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Jamal looked very tired as he had been jogging
for an hour.
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They hadn't been talking to each other for the
whole day when he started to ask
her strange questions about the day.
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How long had you been waiting there when they finally
found you?
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Usage
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Examples
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to describe a past action already started and continued up to another action
or time in the past
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I had been waiting to realise my dream for 5 years
when I finally had the right opportunity.
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to describe the cause of something in the past or to emphasise the duration
of the past action
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He was very tired because he had been working all day long.
The ground was wet. It had been raining all night. |