I’d been walking on the Blvd. all morning, I was exhausted, I didn’t have the energy to go and play basketball with my friends when they called and asked me to come. (פעילות ממושכת שנפסקה)  

She had been working in the garden since 14:00, her back hurt, that’s why she couldn’t help you move apartments last Sunday when you called. (פעילות ממושכת שנפסקה)

I remember that time, it was just after Passover, He had been working hard on the website and it started to look great. (תהליך ממושך שהשפיע על נקודת זמן בעבר)

It was towards the end of the year, she had a dancing audition coming up and She’d been exercising a lot, she was in great shape. (תהליך ממושך שהשפיע על נקודת זמן בעבר)  

I had been working for Bright English for 3 years. Before taking a job as a high school teacher (כמה זמן פעילות התרחשה עד נקודת זמן בעבר)

He had been speaking to Jack for half an hour before he finally gave up and stopped trying to convince him to join us. (כמה זמן פעילות התרחשה עד נקודת זמן בעבר)  

He smelled of alcohol and was walking funny; I thought he had been drinking. (הסקת פעילות שהתרחשה בקירוב לנקודת זמן בעבר)

It smelled of food and there were pots on the stove, somebody had been cooking. (הסקת פעילות שהתרחשה בקירוב לנקודת זמן בעבר)