Insert the past continuous, past perfect, or past perfect continuous. 1. abbey resumed the newspaper she __ (to read) (dickens) 2. by three o'clock he __ all his own cigarettes and those he could borrow from others. he __ about lunch, (to finish, to forget) (wilson)3. when she came out again her tears and cries but there was a band of rosy flush across her forehead, (to cease) (hansford johnson)4. he __ still __ at her, when two of the prowlers halted on his left, (to gaze) (lindsay)5. approaching the door, she found herself face to face with mr. linley. he __ just __ directions to one of the servants, and was re-entering the drawing-room, (to give) (collins)6. rosa made a contemptuous gesture. then she tossed the book she __ on to the ground, (to read) (murdoch) 7. i got up from where i __ at the carlton house writing table and went over to the fireplace, (to sit) (murdoch)8. she looked up at him, and found he __ her closely, (to watch) (wells)9. she was on the edge of tears, as nearly dishevelled as so tidy and businesslike a girl could be. i thought she __ (to cry) (hansford johnson) 10. it but it and a street lamp some way off streaked the roadway with reflections, (to rain __ negative, to rain) (murdoch)11. cowperwood got up. he was a little afraid now of this deep-seated passion he __ (to arouse) (dreiser)12. she picked up the chair she __ in and quickly slipped away with it into the house, (to sit) (maugham)13. elinor __ still __ at this when the door opened, (to stare) (christie)14. "oh, don't get up, dear miss ley," said the visitor as her hostess slowly rose from the sofa upon which she __ so comfortably (to lie) (maugham)

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