Konstrukcja
TWIERDZENIE:
he/I/they + had + been + V1 + ing
PRZECZENIE:
he/I/they + hadn't + been + V1 + ing
PYTANIE:
Had you/he/I/they + been + V1 + ing?
Zastosowanie:
- Czynność trwała przez dłuższy czas lub wielokrotnie się powtarzała wcześniej niż inna czynność w czasie przeszłym, o której już wspominaliśmy.
- He failed the exam because he had been spending too much time at parties.
- He had been driving for 4 hours when the accidenr happened.
- When I enter the class, they had already been writing a test for ten minutes.
- By that time he had already been living in Wroclaw for 4 years.
- Mowa zależna [dla zrelacjonowania Past Continuous]
- He said he had been playing football all Monday.