Примеры с Past Perfect

При наличии минимального перерыва между двумя прошедшими действиями (минимальный или более длительный перерыв может устанавливаться говорящим) после союзов when и till, а также после других союзов употребляется форма Past Simple:

When the Indians entered (as soon as they entered) they shook hands with everyone in the room.

When we left the dining-room Mrs. Fairfax proposed to show me over the rest of the house.

The ground was hard, the air was chilly, the road was lonely. I walked fast till I got warm.

The operation took place before the patient’s wife came. We dined off a roasted fowl and some pudding soon after I awoke.

После глаголов, определяющих мгновенное действие: look out, seize, drop, arrive, snatch и др., форма Past Simple обязательна из-за фактической одновременности действий:

When I looked out of the window I saw a strange sight. When we arrived at the station we saw crowds of people on the platform.

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Форма Past Perfect в сказуемом, а также других придаточных предложений, очень часто в придаточном дополнительном предложении:

George told what had passed between his father and himself.

Форма Past Perfect в сказуемом главного предложения:

They had almost finished their meal when Miles, who sat facing the window, saw the Indians riding towards his house.

Past Perfect в отрицательной форме говорит о минимальном перерыве:

We had not gone far when a terrible storm broke out. (Не успели мы отъехать, как (вдруг) началась буря.)

Другие примеры с Past perfect

His pince-nez had rolled off his long, pointed nose and lay on the report now, distorting certain words.

The trees had lost leaves and stood barren.