Fill the gaps with the verb in brackets using the Past Perfect Continuous or the Past
Perfect.
Example:
We _____________ there since 1980, you know. (to stay) – We had been staying there since 1980, you know.
He had married her two years before we met. (to marry) – He had married her two years before we met.
1. When the student revolution came, I _____________ there for 6 months. (to work)
2. Before Jim finally decided to go to Thailand, he _____________ about it for months. (to think)
3. They _____________ all the chocolate cake by the time Michael got to the party. (to eat)
4. I ______________ Scarlet Johansson on three previous occasions. Lucky me! (to meet)
5. The forensic evidence shows that he _____________ his nose just before he was murdered. (to pick)
6. When the doctor told him his liver was seriously bad, he _____________ hamburgers for a month. (to eat)
7. Prior to the explosion, the fat man _____________ seven large chocolate cakes. (to eat)
8. When they cancelled the flight to Alicante, the storm _____________ all afternoon with no sign of abating. (to rage)