Explain the past perfect continuous tense and provide an example.

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Explain the past perfect continuous tense and provide an example.

The past perfect continuous tense is used to describe an ongoing action that started in the past and continued up until another point in the past. It emphasizes the duration of the action.

Example:
I had been studying for three hours before I finally took a break.