1.
She realized that she was going to faint. She (had eaten) nothing since the
picnic. 2. His wife (was not ) in. She (had gone) out a quarter of an hour
before. 3. After dinner Mr. Grag proposed a game of cards. He (had not /
played) cards since his illness. 4. Dr. Lecter (was) English, though he
(had lived) in America for thirty years. 5. His smile (was) something she had
never (seen) before. 6. Hardly (had we left) the town, when it (began) to
rain. 7. He (came) into the room a moment after I (had got) there. 8. When
he (return) at eleven o’clock the telegram (had arrived). 9. When they (had gone) I
(got) busy at the desk. 10. When evening (had fallen) their son (left) the
house. 11. Hardly (had I been) there five minutes when Mrs. Brown (came) in
with the coffee. 12. The moon (had not / risen). There was nothing to dispel
the dark of the night. 13. Scarcely had they (moved) into the new house when
their friends (came) in. 14. The evening (went) off easier than she
(had expected). 15. But the village he (had shown) her (was) the best he had ever (seen).
16. Just at that moment a boy and a girl (came) and (sat) down where
the old couple (had been) before. 17. I (kept) silence for a little while,
thinking of what he (had told) me. 18. Soames (spent) the night at
Winchester, a place he had often (heard) of but never (seen). 19. She (knew)
why he (had come). 20. Within a week she (knew) the fearful mistake she
(had made).