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Grieve I, 111). — She had lived a decent life at any 
rate since her marriage (ib. .IT, 233). — For some time 
past she had gathered about her å train of small artists 
(ib. IT, 234). — There had long lurked in the garrets of 
London printers who worked steadily (Mac. Hist. VI, 
43). — For ages had this fertile valley lan concealed 
from the adventurous search of man (Shelley, Ess. 162). 
— Ved anvendelsen af de uomskrevne tider fremsættes 
sætningens indhold mere som et simpelt faktum, ligesom 
man af de anførte eksempler vil se, at hovedvegten 
gjerne ligger på et andet ord end prædikatet. Forresten 
vil naturligvis anvendelsen eller ikke-anvendelsen af om- 
skrivning her i almindelighed bero på et individuelt 
skjøn, for hvilket det er umuligt at opstille regler. 
Jfr. også hvad der er sagt ovenfor $ 4 om præsens og 
imperfektum. 
14. Noget bestemt tidsrum behøver ligeså lidt som ved det 
uomskrevne perf. og pluskv. at nævnes, idet tiden alligevel er 
begrænset til den ene side, nemlig mod nutiden: 
You imagined that it was to me that you owed 
some moneys which you have been honestly paying 
off (Bulw. Chill. IV, 15), nml. fra du fik låne 
pengene og indtil nu. — I know you have been 
slaving your eyes out, and it's å nice day (Ward, 
Grieve I, 294); af tillægget: it's a nice day sees 
tydelig, hvor længe det har varet. — I have 
been reading nothing but Greek and Spanish 
(Shelley, Ess. 327). — I have been reading over 
and over again Faust (ib. 368). — He was as 
yet much too troubled and shaken by what he 
had been goimg through (Ward, Grieve I, 187). 
— She, too, had been watching, had seen the light 
vanish (ib. I, 101). — Person after person at 
the prayer-meetings he had been frequenling had 
spoken of attaining it with ecstasy (ib. I, 186), 
— My spirits are much improved; they had been 
improving, indeed, before I left the baths (Shelley, 
Ess. 3850), — Infinitiv: The nurse, who stood 
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