Usage Examples Tenses with Past meaning

• I was wondering if you could help me with the project. -
• I didn't call you yesterday because I was busy. -
• We did not have time to visit Louvre. -
• I had never seen Joanna laugh before yesterday. -
• My mother has just bought a new car! -
• It was a beautiful day, the sun was shining. -
• Had you studied Italian before you moved to Milan? -
• Matt says he liked that museum a lot. -
• By the time I met Mia again, she had already found a new boyfriend. -
• My uncle was always telling us stories about our parents. -
• Helen has never been to Norway. -
• Did Barry come to your party last week? -
• I sold my house two months ago. -
• They gave Julie a puppy for her birthday. -
• My mother washed the floor when the painter had already gone. -
• Alexia has lost her purse and now has no money. -
• I didn't go anywhere because it was raining. -
• Dick was cutting the grass when the snake appeared. -
• I have seen Anna twice in my life. -
• Harold had known about their divorce for a while before everyone found out. -