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  • We _____ (buy) a nice house when we settled down there.
    bought
  • When we turned up at the party, everyone ________ (already / leave).
    had already left
  • We _____________ (not / play) Baamboozle for ages!
    haven't played
  • I _______ (think) about how to write an essay for half an hour and I've still got no ideas.
    have been thinking
  • When I started university, I ________ (change) my lifestyle completely.
    changed
  • Karen ____ (text) Alice in class when the teacher _____ (notice) it.
    was texting / noticed
  • On the news yesterday I ___ (see) that the police ___ (arrest) a man because he ____ (drive) the opposite direction.
    saw / had arrested / had been driving
  • Tom ________ (dig) for several hours when he realised it was a wrong place.
    had been digging
  • I realised that I ____ (forget) to set an alarm clock.
    had forgotten
  • By 1980 the university ______ (attract) students from all over the world.
    had attracted
  • C/W My brother is always giving me lifts in his car.
    Wrong: always gives
  • I ___ (be) fascinated by psycology since I ___ (go) to a talk on it last month.
    have been / went
  • They ______ (always / argue)! It drives me mad!
    are always arguing
  • Sue was a reliable friend. She ______ (always / support) me before I left school.
    had always supported / had always been supporting