Keçmiş bitmiş davamedici, keçmiş bitmiş və keçmiş davamedici zaman

Keçmiş bitmiş davamedici zamandan indiki zamana və ya keçmiş zamana nisbətən əvvəl davam edən hadisəni, keçmiş bitmiş zamandan isə keçmiş vaxta nisbətən baş verib bitmiş hadisəni bildirmək üçün istifadə ediririk:

I'd been finishing some work in the garden when Sue arrived, so I didn't hear her come in. (I'd finished some work in the garden when Sue arrived, so I didn't hear her come in. -- yox)
I'd finished all the ironing so I started cleaning rhe windows. (I'd been finishing all the ironing so I started cleaning the windows. -- yox)

Bəzən biz bu hər iki zamandan çox yaxın məna ilə istifadə edə bilərik:

I'd been working / I'd worked hard all year, so I felt that I deserved a holiday.

Keçmişdə hadisənin bir neçə dəfə baş verdiyini bildirmək üçün keçmiş bitmiş zamandan istifadə olunur:

How many times had you met him before yesterday? (How many times had you been meeting... -- yox)
I had stayed in the hotel twice in the 1980s. (I had been staying m the hotel twice... -- yox)

Keçmiş bitmiş davamedici zaman hər hansı bir müyyən keçmiş vaxtdan əvvəl baş vermiş və o vaxt üçün bitmiş (i), ondan əvvəl davam etmiş (ii), ondan biraz əvvəl qurtarmış (iii) hadisə və ya vəziyyəti təsvir etmək üçün istifadə olunur:

(i) We'd been driving fur about an hour when the engine suddenly stopped.
(ii) She felt terrible during the interview because she had been suffering from flu since the previous day.
(iii) When I last saw John, he'd been running and was out of breath.

Əgər hadisənin nə qədər müddətə baş verdiyi bizimçün mühüm deyilsə keçmiş davamedici zamandan istifadə olunur:

When the merger was announced it became apparent that the two companies had been discussing the possibility since last year.
A friend told me about a conversation she'd recently overheard. Two women were discussing their holiday plans...

I first met Steve and Jane when they had been going out together for five vears, and they didn't get married for another three years after that.
Emma met Graham when she was going out with his best friend.

Keçmiş bitmiş davamedici zaman əsasən yazılı mətnlərdə istifadə olunur və şifahi danışıqda ona çox az müraciət olunur. Aşağıda bəzi qazet yazılarına baxaq:

The body of a climber who went missing in the Alps was finally found yesterday. Carl Sims had been climbing alone in the dangerous area of Harz Waterfall, which has claimed many lives in the past.
A spokesman for the company said Morgan hadn't been working for them long and wasn't familiar with safety procedures: 'It was an unfortunate incident...'