Usage Examples Past Perfect

• It looked exactly as he had left it. -
• Had he met another woman? -
• Charles continued as though he had not heard. -
• They hadn't mentioned the bag. -
• It was the first pretty thing she had ever had. -
• I hadn't realized I was homesick. -
• They had discussed that question. -
• Why had I bothered? -
• He wished that he had known -
• How long had he been asleep? -
• The terms were better than he had expected. -
• She wondered why I had come back. -
• What had it been? -
• Who had knocked? -
• I thought that you had escaped. -
• He had forgotten that voice. -
• It was heavier than he had expected. -
• The journey was not as bad as I had imagined. -
• Had they heard the news? -
• That was the answer they had wanted. -