Usage Examples Tenses with Past meaning

• By the time Doris got to the office, everyone had already gone. -
• I was wondering if you could help me with the project. -
• Harold had known about their divorce for a while before everyone found out. -
• I had never seen Joanna laugh before yesterday. -
• Had you studied Italian before you moved to Milan? -
• Have you ever seen Paul cry? -
• Where did you go shopping yesterday? -
• Alexia has lost her purse and now has no money. -
• My husband was always talking about his friends from college. -
• We wish you moved to Los Angeles. -
• I have seen Anna twice in my life. -
• I found Elisa's diary when she had already moved out. -
• I have written three essays already. -
• I was working when the accident occurred. -
• Lana has drunk four cups of coffee today! -
• The plane hadn't left by the time I got to the airport. -
• Mary hasn't graduated from the university yet. -
• Mary announced that she had found a new job. -
• Matt says he liked that museum a lot. -
• I sold my house two months ago. -