Ascended

the stairs with incredible softnees and silence; and was lost in the gloom above. (Dickens) 17. We

hadn't been married

a month before 1 was out of love with him. He was in Lincolnshire at the time, and

I was living

near him. (Hansford Johnson), 18. When Cowperwood

Reached

the jail, Jasper was there. (Dreiser) 19. Susan Nipper stood opposite to her young mistress one morning, as she folded and sealed a note she had been writing. (Dickens) 20. The whole party arrived in safety at the Bush before Mr. Pickwick

Had recovered

his breath. (Dickens) 21. He [Hugh] jumped to feel Ann's clasp upon his arm. She

Had been saying

something to him. (Murdoch) 22. He

Had

scarcely

Had time

to form this conclusion, when a window above stairs was thrown up. (Dickens) 23. The door was just going to be closed...when an inquisitive boarder, who

Had been peeping

between the hinges, set up a fearful screaming. (Dickens) 24. Mr. Pecksniff and his fair daughters

Had not stood

warming themselves at the fire ten minutes, when the sound of feet was heard upon the stairs. (Dickens) 25. He [Cowperwood]...

Was

forever

Asking

questions with a keen desire for an intelligent reply. (Dreiser) 26. He turned off the electric light. The electric light

Had been burning

all night. (Hemingway) 27....she

Would go on

discussing a book she said she had read but manifestly

hadn't

or she

Would break up

a dull conversation with some fantastic irrelevance for which everyone was secretly grateful. (Hilton) 28. When Katie

Brought

in the tea-tray, the boy

Opened

his eyes and

Sat up

with a bewildered air. (Voynich) 29. When we were boy and girl we

Used

To

call each other by our Christian names. (Maugham) 30. There were bits of the work that, because I

Had been doing

them so long, I knew better than anyone else. (Snow) 31. He

Had sat down

with the child on his knees, and