Past Perfect Continuous

Случаи употребления Past Perfect Continuous:

• Действие, которое началось в прошлом, продолжалось в течение некоторого времени и закончилось непосредственно перед определенным моментом в прошлом:

We had been working hard and managed to finish the project in time.
Мы упорно работали и смогли завершить проект вовремя.

• Действие, которое началось в прошлом, продолжалось в течение некоторого времени и все еще продолжалось в определенный момент в прошлом:

Her voice started to tremble. I did not realize what a hard time she had been having.
Ее голос задрожал. Я и не представлял, как тяжело ей приходилось.

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1.She hadn't been sitting at home for long before she went out.
2.I Had they been staying in a hotel before they found a flat in Warsaw?
3.Mary hadn't been waiting long when he turned up.
4.How long had you been learning English before you took FCE?
5.Jack had been working on the project for at least half an hour when the boss came in.
6.Had she been singing for a long time when that crazy fan attacked her?
7.Why were you so hot when we met? Had you been running
8.My sister had been seeing Mark for only six months before she married him.
9.Had you been thinking about that problem before Tom started talking about it?
10.They hadn't been flying for a long time when the plane crashed.
11.Had Peter been doing such kind of things before or was that the first time?
12.We had been travelling all day before we got to Madrit.
13.Had you been working in a garage? Why were you so dirty when I saw you?
14.They hadn't been practising the piano for long before they were ready to perform.
15.Had she been training guide dogs for a long time before she changed her job?
16.My friends hadn't been drinking alcohol before they went to that club.
17.Had Maria been driving for many hours when that accident happened?
18.The man hadn't been painting the walls all day long.
19.It hadn't been raining before we went out.
20.Why had you been behaving so strangely before I talked to you?

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Утвердительные предложения:

I had been playing	We had been playing
You had been playing	You had been playing
He / she / it had been playing	They had been playing

Вопросительные предложения:

Had I been playing?	Had we been playing?
Had you been playing?	Had you been playing?
Had he / she / been playing?	Had they been playing?

Отрицательные предложения:

I had not been playing	We had not been playing
You had not been playing	You had not been playing
He / she / it had not been playing	They had not been playing