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"had been raining" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is commonly used in past tense sentences to describe an action that began in the past and continued for some amount of time before ending. Example: "I was late for the party because it had been raining all day and the roads were flooded."
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It had been raining.
And it had been raining all morning.
It had been raining all weekend.
"It had been raining; that's an area known to flood.
"It had been raining for two days, and fewer pilgrims were visiting the temple," he said.
It had been raining heavily here, but stopped moments before the Obamas emerged.
It had been raining over the past week, but the morning dawned bright and clear.
Let's be honest, if it had been raining it would have been horrible.
There was a shiny floor and it had been raining and snowing all day.
He'd have waited till it stopped raining, but it didn't seem right, and it had been raining for days.
As when he took the original photograph, it had been raining — hard — for a couple of days since his arrival.
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