Helloooo. I want you to correct my sentence. We ........... 20 minutes, when it started rain. a)had been walking b)had been walked c)were walked d)walked
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Wouldn't you like to try it on your own first?
— Philip
Wouldn't you like to try it on your own first?
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had been walking. The use of the past perfect continuous in this sentence indicates the duration of the action. You use it when you want to say you were doing something (long action) when something else happened (sudden/short action).