He ________ (work) for the same company since 2018 before he finally ________ (decide) to start his own business.
had (been) worked / decided
As a child, I ________ (spend) every summer at my grandparents' house, and my cousins ________ (come) to stay with us for weeks at a time.
used to spend / would come
I ________ (read) the report when my colleague ________ (interrupt) me to ask a question.
was reading / interrupted
I ________ (never / understand) why he left the company until he ________ (tell) me what had happened.
had never understood / told
He ________ (always / complain) about the weather whenever he ________ (visit) us in winter.
would always complain / visited
By the time we ________ (reach) the hotel, the staff ________ (already / close) the restaurant for the evening.
reached / had already closed
They ________ (live) in London for several years before they ________ (move) to Manchester.
had been living / moved
She ________ (not / realise) that she ________ (make) a serious mistake until her supervisor pointed it out.
hadn't realised / had made
While the researchers ________ (conduct) the experiment, they ________ (notice) something unexpected.
were conducting / noticed
The students ________ (study) for hours before the teacher ________ (give) them the final test.
had been studying / gave
She ________ (work) incredibly hard recently, and she ________ (already / complete) most of the project.
has been working / has already completed
We ________ (discuss) the proposal for weeks before the board finally ________ (approve) it.
had been discussing / approved
I ________ (just / finish) my presentation when the computer suddenly ________ (crash).
had just finished / crashed
When I was younger, I ________ (think) that success ________ (depend) entirely on how intelligent someone was.
used to think / depended
I ________ (lose) touch with several friends since I ________ (leave) university.
have lost / left
She ________ (already / leave) by the time I ________ (arrive) at the office.
had already left / arrived
She ________ (drive) home when she suddenly ________ (realise) that she had left her laptop at work.
was driving / realised
I ________ (meet) her several times before I ________ (discover) that we had a mutual friend.
had met / discovered
We ________ (wait) outside for almost an hour when someone finally ________ (open) the doors.
had been waiting / opened
I ________ (believe) that learning a language was mainly about memorising vocabulary, but my opinion ________ (change) completely over the years.
used to believe / has changed
Before the internet became widespread, people ________ (rely) much more heavily on newspapers and television for information.
used to rely
When the lecture ________ (begin), several students ________ (still / look) for somewhere to sit.
began / were still looking
They ________ (not / speak) to each other for several years before they unexpectedly ________ (meet) at a conference.
hadn't spoken / met
Whenever we used to visit my grandparents, my grandfather ________ (tell) us stories about his childhood, while my grandmother ________ (make) us something to eat.
would tell / would make
The company ________ (experience) serious financial difficulties for months before the directors ________ (announce) the closure.
had been experiencing / announced
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