Insert the past continuous or past perfect. 1. the gadfly __ just __ washing the boy, and __ him in a warm blanket, when gemma came in with a tray in her hands. (to finish, to wrap) (voynich) 2. they __ the peacock door and stood there, talking, (to reach) (galsworthy) 3. she [nurse hopkins] herself __ just __ and __ her bonnet strings when mary entered. (to come in, to untie) (christie) could see their faces in a looking-glass. they __ evidently __ themselves, (to enjoy) (mit- ford) 5. mr. picku i: k found that his three companions __ and __ his arrival to commence breakfast, (to rise, to wait) (dickens) 6. i led her to the sitting room. antonia __ her tears and __ her nose again. she greeted rosemary, (to dry, to powder) (murdoch) 7. when gemma returned with the milk the gadfly __ the riding-cloak and. __ the leather gaiters which martini __ (to put on, to fasten, to bring) (voynich) 8. when i looked up again i saw that she and __ with her hand on the handle of the door, (to move, to stand) (du maurier) 9. then, quite suddenly, i noticed a movement in the garden: someone. __ from the gate at the far end of the lawn and __ rapidly across towards the house, (to enter, to move) (clark) 10. he hurried out into the big, dim vault of the the rain __ at the rails and wind was cold after the closed-in carriage, (to lash) (lindsay) ii. elinor __ more than half a dozen when a hand fell on her arm from behind, (to take — negative) (christie) 12. when daylight came the storm __ still __ but the snow (to blow, to stop) (hemingway)
2. They had reached the peacock door and stood there, talking,
3. She herself had just come and was untying her bonnet strings when Mary entered.
4she could see their faces in a looking-glass. They had evidently enjoyed themselves,
5. Mr. Pickwick found that his three companions had risen and was waiting his arrival to commence breakfast,
6. I led her to the sitting room. Antonia had dried her tears and was powdering her nose again. She greeted Rosemary,
7. When Gemma returned with the milk the Gadfly was putting the riding-cloak and. fastening the leather gaiters which Martini had brought.
8. When I looked up again I saw that she had moved, and was standing with her hand on the handle of the door,
9. Then, quite suddenly, I noticed a movement in the garden: someone. had enetered from the gate at the far end of the lawn and was moving rapidly across towards the house,
10. He hurried out into the big, dim vault of the station... The rain was lashing at the rails and wind was cold after the closed-in carriage,
II. Elinor hadn`t taken more than half a dozen steps... when a hand fell on her arm from behind,
12. When daylight came the storm was still blowing but the snow had stopped.