He said we could start the baseball game after the rain ............... (stop).

I ............... (hope) for many years that I would get the chance to write a book

It ............... (rain) for over an hour before it finally cleared up.

She ............... never ............... (see) such a handsome man before, so she asked him out on a date.

When we got to the dinner party, everyone ............... already ............... (start) eating.

They ............... never ............... (be) so scared in their lives when they got lost in the middle of the night in the jungle!

We ............... (look) for over an hour before we finally found a parking place downtown.

The police asked the suspect if he ............... (drink) all day when they found him in the park.

He ............... already ............... (eat) by the time he got to my house, that’s why I didn’t offer him dinner.

When we got to the concert, it ............... already ............... (start). We missed the first half hour!

She ............... (wait) for 15 minutes in the snow for the bus before it arrived.

Nancy ............... never ............... (think) that she would ever learn to drive, so when she finally passed her test, she was very proud!