Past Progressive Tense (Noun)
Meaning
A progressive tense used to describe on-going action in the past; "`I had been running' is an example of the past progressive".
Classification
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas.
Examples
- I had been watching the movie when the power went out last night.
- By the time she arrived, we had been waiting for over an hour.
- At 8 o'clock, they had been working on their project for three hours.
- While I was studying, my sister had been practicing her piano lessons in the other room.
- The storm had been raging for days before it finally subsided.