Usage Examples Tenses with Past meaning

• The plane hadn't left by the time I got to the airport. -
• Harold had known about their divorce for a while before everyone found out. -
• I have written three essays already. -
• By the time Doris got to the office, everyone had already gone. -
• Emily went to China last year. -
• Have you ever tried sushi? -
• We went to a club last night. -
• I sold my house two months ago. -
• I didn't go anywhere because it was raining. -
• I had never seen Joanna laugh before yesterday. -
• My parents came to visit me last September. -
• Mary announced that she had found a new job. -
• My mother has just bought a new car! -
• My mother washed the floor when the painter had already gone. -
• We did not have time to visit Louvre. -
• I found Elisa's diary when she had already moved out. -
• Have you ever seen Paul cry? -
• By the time I met Mia again, she had already found a new boyfriend. -
• Helen has never been to Norway. -
• Matt says he liked that museum a lot. -