1.
The police had been looking for the
criminal for two years before they caught him
2.
The patient had been waiting in the
emergency room for almost an hour before a doctor finally
treated her
3.
He finally came at six o'clock I had been waiting
for him since four - thirty.
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Past
perfect continuous: geçmişte bir eylemden önce başka bir eylemin
süreklilik içerisinde oldu ğunu vurgular.
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4.
When judy got home, her hair was still wet because she had
been swimming
5.Her
eyes were red because she had been
crying
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Bu
tens ayrıca geçmişteki bir eyleme yakın zamanlı fakat ondan
daha önce olan bağlantısız bir eylemin sürekliliğini
vurgulamak için de kulanılır.
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