Point 78 in the category of PAST is defined as: past perfect continuous in relative clauses to give background information. who|that|which had been _vvg 1 WHO HAD BEEN WORKING 1233 2 WHO HAD BEEN LIVING 1080 3 THAT HAD BEEN SITTING 642 4 THAT HAD BEEN GOING 481 5 WHO HAD BEEN WAITING 479 6 […]
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past perfect continuous + adverb
Point 76 in the category of PAST is: past perfect continuous WITH ADVERBS in the normal mid position had _rr been _vvg 1 HAD ALREADY BEEN WORKING 359 2 HAD ALREADY BEEN USING 210 3 HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN USING 122 4 HAD ALSO BEEN WORKING 106 5 HAD ALREADY BEEN GOING 84 6 HAD ALREADY […]
present perfect continuous (recent past)
The landscape can get muddy when it has been raining.
past perfect continuous (result)
Point 69 in the category of PAST is defined as: Past perfect continuous for events which started before a time in the past and which finished, but where the effects or results were still important at a point in the past. A search on iWeb for had been _vvg + ‘so’ as a collocate to […]
past perfect continuous negative
Point 58 in the category of PAST is past perfect continuous negative. 1 HAD NOT BEEN DRINKING 180 Kankakee Daily Journal Canfield said he had not been drinking. Canfield called 911 a third time to report the neighbor was back home. 2 HAD NOT BEEN WORKING 144 3 HAD NOT BEEN WEARING 124 4 […]