Откройте скобки и используйте Past Perfect Continuous My sister … (to practise) for two months before that concert.
The boys … (to fish) for three hours before Tom caught the first fish.
We … (to discuss) that problem for more than an hour before we found the right solution.
Henry … (to wait) for half an hour before he saw his girlfriend getting off the tram.
Driving to the hospital was difficult as it … (to snow) all night.
Polly … (to study) economy since she entered university.
Ron’s collection of coins was valuable as he … (to collect) them since he was a schoolboy.
When Sam returned home we … (to watch) that TV programme for a quarter of an hour already.
Bill’s coat and mittens were wet because he … (to play) snowballs with his friends in the yard.
David was irritated because the police inspector … (to ask) him questions for more than an hour.
My sister had been practicing...
The boys had been fishing...
We had been discussing...
Henry had been waiting...
...it had been snowing
Polly had been studying
...he had been collecting
...we had been watching...
...he had been playing...
... police inspector had been asking