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Before I was starting/started my present job, I worked in a bank for two years.
Before I started my present job...
They waited until everyone had left the bank and then they (BREAK) in.
...and then they broke in.
When the helicopter finally (FIND) us, we had already eaten all our food.
When the helicopter finally found us...
I met her when we were/had been at school together.
I met her when we were at school together.
As soon as she saw the time, she jumped/was jumping out of bed.
As soon as she saw the time, she jumped out of bed
When we got to the party, everyone danced and drank/was dancing and drinking.
When we got to the party everyone was dancing and drinking.
I couldn't see anything because I lost/had lost my glasses.
...because I had lost my glasses.
Correct this sentence: By the time the emergency supplies arrived, thirty people were dying.
...thirty people had died.
I was so late that by the time I got to the party, they (EAT) all the food. There was nothing for me!
…they had eaten all the food.
Correct this sentence: When I was a small child, we had lived in a house in the country.
When I was a small child, we lived in a house in the country.
Right or wrong: When I got to the office, my boss was leaving.
right
I (HAVE) breakfast and (LISTEN) to the news when suddenly the phone rang.
I was having breakfast and listening to the news when the phone rang.
When she ate/was eating/had eaten her sandwich, she went to bed.
When she ate/had eaten her sandwich, she went to bed.
As soon as she (GET) home, she (MAKE) herself a sandwich.
As soon as she got home, she made herself a sandwich.
When we got to the cinema, the film started/was starting/had started, so we missed the beginning.
When we got to the cinema, the film had started…
After I graduated, I (LIVE) in London for ten years.
lived
