1. Bu zamon nutq so’zlanayotgan vaqtga nisbatan kelasi zamondagi aniq bir paytda ancha vaqt davomida davom etadigan ish-harakatni ifodalaydi: I said that I should have been reading a book since morning at this time the next day. Men ertaga shu payti ertalabdan buyon kitob o’qiyotgan bo’laman dedim. I said that we should have been working for an hour when you came. Siz kelganingizda biz bir soatdan buyon ishlayotgan bo’lamiz dedim.
2. Ushbu zamon shaklidagi so’roq gaplarning oldidan “How long” (qancha vaqtdan buyon) birikmasi ishlatiladi. How long? Birikmasi ish-harakatning qancha vaqtdan buyon sodir bo’lishini so’rash uchun ishlatiladi: He asked how long would Dilshod have been studying at the lyceum at this time the next year? Dilshod kelasi yil shu paytda qancha vaqtdan buyon litseyda o’qiyotgan bo’lishini so’radi U?