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Depuis can also indicate something that was occurring in the past when it
was interrupted by some other action. In French, this is stated with
the imparfaitplus passé composé; in English, the past perfect progressive
plus simple past.
How long had you been sleeping when I arrived?
Although the verb in the final example is not in the future, the use of pour indicates that
the one-year suspension is either about to start or is currently underway. If the
suspension had already occurred, you would have to use pendant: