Past perfect simple and continuous

Past perfect: 

We use the past perfect to indicate a past event or situation which occured before another past event or situation.

Example 

Although i arrived on time, Mike had already left

Note

A time conjunction sometimes replaces the past perfect to show which of the two past events occurred first, in this case both events can be in these simple past tense.

Example

Alex phoned me before he left.

Past perfect continuous

We use the continuous form when we want to emphasize the continuity and duration of an event.

Example

John had been trying to get a job for over a year before he was offered his present one.

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