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I recently bumped into such a sentence in an English novel by Charles Dickens, "It has been a very long time coming, it must come at last." So I tried putting it in the past tense (reducing 'must').
Which the past continuous or the past perfect continuous makes more sense here?
She was dying for a long time until she finally died.
She had been dying for a long time until she finally died.
It was a very long time coming until it came at last.
It had been a very long time coming until it came at last.
Which the past continuous or the past perfect continuous makes more sense here?
She was dying for a long time until she finally died.
She had been dying for a long time until she finally died.
It was a very long time coming until it came at last.
It had been a very long time coming until it came at last.