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ZASTOSOWANIE

· dwie czynności przeszłe-przy czym jedna z nich odbyła się wcześniej w przeszłości niż druga (i podany jest czas przez jaki odbywała się ta czynność/)

I had been writing the letters for half an hour before you came.

She had been working in the garden for 2 hours, when the postman came.

BUDOWA

podmiot + had been +...-ing

Pytania tworzymy przez inwersję

Przeczenia tworzymy przez dodanie "not" do had

WYRAŻENIA CZASOWE WYSTĘPUJĄCE W PAST PERFECT CONT.

After

Before

How long
etc

PRZYKŁADY

· I had been waiting there for more than one hour when he finally arrived.

· Had you been waiting there for more than one hours when he finally arrived?

· You hadn’t been waiting there for more than two hours when she finally arrived.

· She had been talking for over an hour before I came.

· She had been working at that company for 10 years when it went out of business.

· Jake wanted to sit down because he had been standing all day at work.