past perfect continuous – Lexikoneinträge
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Bildung Das past perfect progressive (auch: past perfect continuous) setzt sich zusammen aus had + been + Partizip Präsens des Vollverbs ( main verb ). Singular Plural I had been sleeping / you had been sleeping / he, she, it had been sleeping we had been sleeping / you had been sleeping / they had been sleeping had wird auch als Kurzform ’d verwendet: She’d been waiting long before the bus came. Verneint wird das past perfect progressive durch die Konstruktion had + not + been + Partizip Präsens : They had not been watching television for long when there was a blackout. Gebrauch Wie das...