When she arrived I had already been waiting for three hours.

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Contractions

'd = had;       hadn't = had not

USAGE

The Past Perfect Continuous используется для обозначения:

a) прошедших действий или событий, которые продолжались длительный период времени ДО определенного события в прошлом,

 b) длительных прошедших действий, которые имели видимый результат в прошлом.

When she arrived I had already been waiting for three hours.

I had been using the machine for some time before I realizedthere was no ink in it.

Paul's head achedbecause he had been sitting inthe sun.

Compare the use of the Past Perfect Simple, the Past Perfect Continuous and the Past Simple tense-forms.

1. She ran downstairs to open the door, but it was too late. The postman had already gone.

2. She apologized and said she had already had lunch.

3. He had been smoking for 20 years before he finally gave it up last year.

4. All the roads were blocked: it had been snowing all night long.

5. I had hardly got off the tram when it suddenly started moving.

6. I felt awful after dinner. I had eaten too much.

7. It turned out that Patrick had broken his leg the previous morning.

8. I was pleased to see my old college friends at the conference last week as we hadn 't seen each other since we finished our course.

9. Maggie took a hot bath after she had been working in the garden all afternoon.

10. I had a pleasant surprise when I got to my room: someone had put some flowers there for me.

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