The past perfect or the past perfect continuous. read these newspaper extracts and choose the best alternatives.
18-year-old Liz Slaney has become the latest Internet success story. Liz 1) had just been finishing / had just finished her a levels when she started work on an Internet site offering up-to-the-minute fashion tips for teenage girls. 'i 2) had been thinking /had thought of setting up my own site for a while, but i wasn't sure what to do,' says Liz. 'i had the idea for futurefashion.com after i 3) had been reading / had read fashion magazines all morning! i 4) had been planning / had planned to take a year out after my exams, but now i'm just too busy. '
A British climber has gone missing on Mount Everest. Paul Steiner 5) had spent /had been spending more than 15 years climbing professionally and 6) had climbed / had been climbing Everest three times before. Rescue teams have been working around the clock to locate him.
Two men escaped from prison yesterday morning. The men 7) had been serving / had served 10-year sentences for armed robbery. Prison officers didn't notice they 8) had gone / had been going until it was too late.

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