Forming the past perfect continuous
For example: to buy
| Affirmative | Negative | Interrogative |
| I had been buying | I hadn’t been buying | Had I been buying? |
| You had been buying | You hadn’t been buying | Had you been buying? |
| She had been buying | She hadn’t been buying | Had she been buying? |
| We had been buying | We hadn’t been buying | Had we been buying? |
| They had been buying | They hadn’t been buying | Had they been buying? |