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Grammar: Past Perfect Continuous.
Grammar Reference: Past Perfect Continuous.
Past Perfect Continuous is used to talk about an action that started in
the past and continued up until another time in the past. It tells us how long
something had been happening before something else happened.
He had already been living in Berlin for 2 years, when he had to move
to Sweden.
They had been renovating their apartment for a few months by the time
Tom returned home.
She had been writing a new novel for quite a long time when she
received their offer.
It had already been raining for 2 hours by the time we went out.
He had been training in the gym for some time, when Susan suddenly
called.
