past-perfect

Tell it while it happens or delete it should apply to most of the extended sections in past-perfect.

had, had, had, had, had mikandra 2009

Rules governing the sequence of tenses call for a verb in a subordinate clause to be in the past or past-perfect tense if the main verb is in the past tense.

Essential Guide to Business Style and Usage PAUL R. MARTIN 2002

Rules governing the sequence of tenses call for a verb in a subordinate clause to be in the past or past-perfect tense if the main verb is in the past tense.

Essential Guide to Business Style and Usage PAUL R. MARTIN 2002

In the conjugation of their busy, noisy life they do not often use the past tense, never the past-perfect, and they have had for the most part little concern as to the future, except the rise in real-estate values and the retaining of markets.

The French in the Heart of America John Finley 1901

Propelling the past-perfect hairstyle movement into the spotlight, the fall shows offered a parade of provocative coifs to play upon, but with an all-too-important twist that keeps things from looking kitschy.

Refinery 2010

Mr. García has been going over the past-perfect tense all period, but she hasn’t been listening.

Sleepless Thomas Fahy 2009