past perfect continuous
English
Noun
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She had been living in England for three years before moving to Sweden. |
past perfect continuous (uncountable)
- (grammar) A tense that expresses an unbroken action continuing up to a certain time in the past. In English it is formed by using had been with a present participle.
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