remain
verb (used without object)
to continue in the same state; continue to be as specified.
had been remaining
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past perfect progressiveof remain.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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When the late Squire had died, now twenty years ago, there had been remaining out of ten children only one, the eldest, to whom the property now belonged.
From Cousin Henry by Anthony Trollope
