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  • We were furious because we ... (wait) on the plane for five hours before we took off
    had been waiting
  • When they got home, they discovered that their babysitter ... (already put) their toddler to bed.
    had already put
  • When we ... the other guests ... (leave)
    arrived/had left
  • The trainee pilot took off before everybody ... (fasten) their seatbelts
    had fastened
  • I had enormous difficulty recalling the complex password I ... (commit) to memory the previous night.
    had committed
  • The waiter, who was very stressed, brought a fruit drink that I ... (not order).
    hadn't ordered
  • She needed to start with some very gentle exercises but she ... (lie) in bed for nearly a month
    had been lying
  • It was nearly a year before his boss realised he ... (leave) early every Friday
    had been leaving
  • We referred to the documents that the professor ... (hand) to us at the start of the lecture
    had handed
  • When he ... (open) the safe, the secret documents ... already ... (take)
    opened/had already been taken
  • The hurricane completely destroyed the cottage they ... (build) only a year earlier
    had built
  • She ... (live) in London all her life and was reluctant to move, even when she got married.
    had lived
  • He ... (cheat) on his exams for over a year before he was caught
    had been cheating
  • The police arrested him even though he ... (not do) anything wrong
    hadn't done
  • he children excitedly collected the nuts that ... (fall) from the trees.
    had fallen
  • I ... (watch) the programme every week for nearly two months, but to my horror I had to miss the last episode.
    had been watching
  • She ... (ride) her pony all afternoon when we glimpsed her briefly as she went into the wood.
    had been riding
  • When I finally reached the end of the queue, I found out that my colleague ... (pick up) the tickets an hour earlier.
    had picked up