past perfect continuous + adverb ‘had already been doing’ – English Grammar Profiler

B2 English Grammar Profile point 76 in the category of PAST is:

past perfect continuous WITH ADVERBS in the normal mid position

For example:

I had just been doing some reading.

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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 BEEN LIVING 79 7 HAD ALREADY BEEN PLAYING 79 8 HAD ALREADY BEEN THINKING 77 9 HAD JUST BEEN TALKING 77 10 HAD ALREADY BEEN TAKING 73

11 HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN WORKING 71

12 HAD ALREADY BEEN MAKING 67 13 HAD ALL BEEN WAITING 66 14 HAD ALREADY BEEN PLANNING 61 15 HAD ALSO BEEN DRINKING 60 16 HAD ALREADY BEEN RUNNING 56 17 HAD JUST BEEN THINKING 55 18 HAD ALREADY BEEN LOOKING 53 19 HAD JUST BEEN SITTING 52 20 HAD JUST BEEN READING 50 21 HAD ALREADY BEEN WAITING 48 22 HAD ALREADY BEEN TALKING 46 23 HAD ALREADY BEEN WRITING 45 24 HAD ALWAYS BEEN LOOKING 43 25 HAD ALSO BEEN TAKING 41 26 HAD ACTUALLY BEEN WORKING 39 27 HAD ALSO BEEN USING 37 28 HAD REALLY BEEN LOOKING 37 29 HAD ONLY BEEN WORKING 36 30 HAD LONG BEEN LOOKING 35 31 HAD ALREADY BEEN BUILDING 34 32 HAD BOTH BEEN DRINKING 34 33 HAD JUST BEEN USING 34 34 HAD ALSO BEEN LOOKING 33 35 HAD JUST BEEN WAITING 31

36 HAD RECENTLY BEEN WORKING 31

37 HAD LONG BEEN WAITING 30 38 HAD ALREADY BEEN SERVING 29 39 HAD JUST BEEN WORKING 29 40 HAD ALSO BEEN THINKING 28 41 HAD JUST BEEN LOOKING 28 42 HAD ONLY BEEN LIVING 28 43 HAD ALSO BEEN SUFFERING 27 44 HAD ALSO BEEN TRYING 26 45 HAD ALL BEEN DRINKING 26 46 HAD ALREADY BEEN SELLING 26 47 HAD ALREADY BEEN OPERATING 26 48 HAD JUST BEEN PLAYING 26 49 HAD ALREADY BEEN STUDYING 25

50 HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN LIVING 25

51 HAD ALREADY BEEN DRINKING 24 52 HAD BOTH BEEN WORKING 24 53 HAD JUST BEEN STANDING 24

54 HAD RECENTLY BEEN LIVING 24

55 HAD JUST BEEN TRYING 23 56 HAD JUST BEEN WATCHING 22 57 HAD NEVER BEEN CAMPING 22

58 HAD OBVIOUSLY BEEN DRINKING 22

59 HAD ONLY BEEN DATING 22
60 HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN TAKING 22 61 HAD ALREADY BEEN TRYING 21 62 HAD ACTUALLY BEEN LOOKING 21 63 HAD JUST BEEN GOING 21 64 HAD ALSO BEEN TALKING 20 65 HAD ALSO BEEN LIVING 20 66 HAD ALSO BEEN READING 20 67 HAD ALL BEEN WORKING 20 68 HAD JUST BEEN DISCUSSING 20 69 HAD LONG BEEN SEEKING 20

70 HAD ALREADY BEEN TRAINING 19

71 HAD ALREADY BEEN INVESTIGATING 19 72 HAD ALL BEEN GOING 19 73 HAD ALLEGEDLY BEEN DRINKING 19 74 HAD ACTUALLY BEEN TRYING 19

75 HAD ALSO BEEN PLANNING 18

76 HAD ACTUALLY BEEN USING 18 77 HAD ALREADY BEEN CIRCULATING 18 78 HAD LONG BEEN PREPARING 18 79 HAD LONG BEEN USING 18 80 HAD LONG BEEN WORKING 18 81 HAD ALREADY BEEN MOVING 17 82 HAD ALWAYS BEEN WAITING 17 83 HAD APPARENTLY BEEN LIVING 17 84 HAD ONLY BEEN PLAYING 17

85 HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN GOING 17

86 HAD RECENTLY BEEN READING 17 87 HAD ALSO BEEN PLAYING 16 88 HAD ALSO BEEN MAKING 16 89 HAD ALSO BEEN STRUGGLING 16

90 HAD ALREADY BEEN DEVELOPING 16

91 HAD ALREADY BEEN EXPLORING 16 92 HAD ALREADY BEEN EXPERIMENTING 16 93 HAD ALREADY BEEN READING 16

94 HAD ALREADY BEEN PAYING 16