Trecutul Perfect Continuu - The Past Perfect Continuous Tense

Forma: Subiect + had been + present participle

Il folosim pentru :

1. exprima o actiune continua inainte unei actiuni situate in trecut

I had been waiting for over three hours before Tim arrived.

(Eu asteptam de peste trei ore, cand Tim a ajuns.)

Aceeasi situatie poate fi prezenta si in vorbirea indirecta:

My father said that he had been reading a book yesterday.

(Tata a spus ca citise o carte ieri.)