past perfect continues in negative form

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hi , my question is why don't we often use past perfect continues in negative form? besides will you name some cases when we use past perfect continues in negative form ?
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[+3] - FBM - 11/22/2015We do use it pretty often, I think. I hadn't been sitting on the llama five minutes before it caught on fire. I hadn't even finished drinking my coffee when the cops arrived.

@mohamadreza3,

We do use it pretty often, I think.

I hadn't been sitting on the llama five minutes before it caught on fire.

I hadn't even finished drinking my coffee when the cops arrived.

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