PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE

1.1 Form Of Past Perfect ContinuousTense
HAD + BEEN VING

I had been running for an hour.
I had not been running for an hour.
Had you been running for an hour?


1.2 Use Of Past Perfect Continuous Tense

a) The Past Perfect Continuous geçmişte başka bir eylemden önce gerçekleşmekte olan eylemin sürecinden bahsederken kullanılır.

• The passenger at the bus stop were very angry. They had been waiting for the bus for 45 minutes.
• The detectives had been searching for the murderer for a long time before they arrested him.
• He had only been studying French for two years before he got the job
• My father had been working for that company before it finaly went bankrupt.


b) Past perfect continuous geçmişte zaman olarak yakın başka bir eylemden önce gerçekleşmekte olan bir eylemden bahsederken de kullanılabilir.
• John was out of breath when he came in. He had been jogging.
• When I saw Mary, her eyes ver red. She had been crying.
• Brian gained overweight because he had been overeating.