Had been wanting

Past perfect: had wanted; had seen; had taken
Past perfect continuous: had been wanting; had been seeing; had been taking

'had been' is not the simple past perfect when a past participle follows it. It's part of the whole past perfect continuous tense of the final verb.

CJ

The continuous tenses all use the verb+ing form.

Here are the simple forms of the continuous tenses. They use the verb "be" + the verb-ing form.

I am going to school. (present continuous)
I was going to school. (past continuous)
I will be going to school. (future continuous)

The perfect forms use the verb "have."

I have gone to school. (This the present perfec

Please explain the use of past perfect "had been" in "had been wanting..." As already noted, this is the Past perfect Continuous tense.

Urjit resigned about a month ago. The Past Perfect Continuous tells us that he had been wanting to resign for several months before he actually resigned. In other words, the Past Perfect Continuous refers to a period in the past before some later