Alex had been trying to get the film made for more than twenty years.
Would anybody explain the sentence readily?
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Sign up to join this communityAlex had been trying to get the film made for more than twenty years.
Would anybody explain the sentence readily?
It could mean, ...
During that period of time (which is more than twenty years), ...
Alex kept trying to turn his idea into a film, or ...
Alex kept trying to get his film making project funded, started, and finished.
The exact meaning would be easy to see once we know the context.