1. She (was talking) about the party she (had arranged) for the children who (attended) her Sunday-school classes- 2. Emma suspected he (had arrived) at the truth years before. 3. Jack and Amelia were the only family she had ever (had). 4. She got dressed in the cotton shorts and top she (had worn) the day before. 5. Mari glanced over at the clock. It (was) nearly nine. She had recently (learnt) to tell the time. 6. Her words had touched the core of me, and I realized with a small shock how badly I (had behaved), I (had thought) only of myself. 7. They (were) truly good friends again, closer that they had ever (been). 8. It was lovely to hear her laugh again. He had not (heard) her laugh in years. 9. The police cordoned off the street where the bomb (had gone off). 10. The suspect denied that he (had assaulted) a policeman. 11. The prisoner (had spent) almost a month digging a tunnel before the guards (discovered) it. 12. He said he (was) awfully sorry for the things he (had done). 13. She seated herself in the chair Bill (had pulled) out for her. 14. The tense, worried expression he invariably wore, (had disappeared). Now it (was) smooth, free of pain and concern. 15. Roger guessed that she had just (made) a dreadful slip of the tongue. 16. Before the mid-nineteenth century, no dentist (had used) anesthesia.
