Based on 5c, ex.2

Put the verbs into the past perfect or the past perfect continuous.

1. By the time Bob came home, Laura
   [ ] dinner.
2. She got fired because she
   [ ] in late consistently.
3. They
   [ ] to have a child for years before they had Jane.
4. My uncle
   [ ] in the navy for years before he became a commercial diver.
5. Harry
   [ ] several pages before he realised he was off the point.
6. Garry
   [ ] in Manchester for 12 years before he got a post in Oxford.
7. Mike was tired. He
   [ ] the house since early in the morning.
8. They
   [ ] for two hours before Ann finally arrived.