Join the following sentences. Use the Past Perfect Progressive Tense in the main clause. Example: They began watching TV. After half an hour their parents came. — They had been watching TV for half an hour when their parents came. 1. The Thompsons went to live to Sussex. Six months later their son joined them. 2. We started to play football at about 2. Somewhere about half past 3 it began to rain. 3. Mother started cooking dinner. After 10 minutes Hazel came to help her. 4. Brian was trying to fix his car. After 3 hours he gave up the idea. 5. She worked for this company. After 25 years she retired. 6. My sister studied French. Then, after 5 years, she went to France. 7. We settled down in London. After a fortnight our two cousins joined us. 8. We sat down to dinner. After 15 minutes the door-bell rang. 9. Ann sat down and began to write her report. The family began watching an interesting film. After half an hour the TV broke down.