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Before I was starting / started /have started my present job, I was working / worked for a bank for two years.
Before I started my present job, I worked for a bank for two years.
They waited / were waiting until everyone had left / was leaving the bank and then broke in / were breaking in.
They waited until everyone had left the bank and then broke in.
I met / have met her when we were / had been at school together.
I met her when we were at school together.
When we got / were getting to the party, everyone danced and drank / was dancing and drinking.
When we got to the party, everyone was dancing and drinking.
I couldn't see anything as I lost /had lost my glasses.
I couldn't see anything as I had lost my glasses.
When the helicopter finally (find) us, we (sit) in the lifeboat for hours and (eat) already all our food.
When the helicopter finally found us, we were sitting in the lifeboat for hours and had already eaten all our food.
He was covered in blood and (tear) his jacket. It was clear he (fight) again.
He was covered in blood and had torn his jacket. It was clear he had fought again.
Before I left / had left home, I called / had called the office.
Before I left home, I called the office.
Correct this sentence: She'd been writing twenty letters, so she was tired.
She'd written twenty letters, so she was tired.
I was so late that by the time I got there, all the food had eaten /was eaten / had been eaten.
I was so late that by the time I got there, all the food had been eaten.
Correct this sentence: As soon as she was seeing the time, she was jumping out of bed.
As soon as she saw the time, she jumped out of bed.
Correct this sentence: By the time our food arrived, we waited for half an hour.
By the time our food arrived, we had beed waiting for half an hour.
Correct this sentence: By the time the emergency supplies arrived, thirty people had been dying.
Correct this sentence: By the time the emergency supplies arrived, thirty people had died.
Correct this sentence: The roads were very slippery as it rained all morning.
The roads were very slippery as it had been raining all morning.
Correct this sentence: When I was a small child, we had lived in a house in the country.
When I was a small child, we lived (or were living) in a house in the country.
Correct this sentence: When I had got to the office, my boss had been leaving.
When I got to the office, my boss was leaving/had left.
The kitchen was a mess as I was cooking / had cooked/ had been cooking all day.
The kitchen was a mess as I had been cooking all day.
Correct this sentence: After I graduated, I was living in London for ten years.
After I graduated, I lived in London for ten years.
When we got / were getting to the cinema, the film started / was starting / had started, so we missed the beginning.
When we got to the cinema, the film had started, so we missed the beginning.
I (have) breakfast and (listen) to the news when the phone (ring).
I was having breakfast and listening to the news when the phone rang.