When the police arrived.........................., the thief (leave)........................
2. They (clean)......................... everything by the time he (come)............................... .
3. When she (turn up)........................., the concert (start)...............................
4. By the time you (get)....................... her letter, she (leave)......................... for Paris.
5. By the time I (come)..................home, I (realise)........................ that I (lose)....................... my keys.
6. They (wash)...................... the car before they (drive)......................................... to work.
7. After he (call)................... his lawyer, he (sign)...................... the contact.
8. Before they (grow)...................... some trees, they (cut)....................... down the old ones.
9. We (sleep)......................... when we (hear)........................... the door bell.
10. Last night, I (cook).................... a new food. I really (never try)............................... that food before.
11. Yesterday Tom (walk).........................along the street when a man (run)...................... very fast and nearly (hit)................ him.
12. After we (prepare).................... for many hours, we (finish)..................... the presentation.
13. He (work)..................... as a doctor for 30 years before he (retire)......................... in 2020.
14. By the time my mother (come)................... back, I (do)...................... all the housework.
15. Before he (swim).......................... in the river, he (take).......................... off all his clothes.
16. Jane (eat)........................ a sandwich and then (go)........................ to work.
17. He (die)........................... after he (be).............................. ill for a long time.
18. I (chat)...................... with my friends before I (write)......................... an essay last night.
19. She (wait)...................... for him until 7.00 but he (not come)............................ so she (leave)……
20. When I (open)....................... the door I (recognise)........................... that someone (break).................... into my house and (take).......................... some things.
21. We (have)........................... a party in the garden when it (suddenly rain)............................... heavily.
22. The fire (start)............................... when the campers (hold).................................. a party in the forest.
23. The accident (happen)........................... because the car (run)............................. too fast.
24. While we (cut)......................... the grass in the garden, we (catch)............................ a box of gold.
25. You or your brother (break)........................... my window?
26. He (break).......................... his leg when he (play)....................... football.
27. Julia (write)........................ her first novel when she (be)................................ 19.
28. I (work)........................ on the computer when the fire (break)......................... out.
29. They (eat)....................... everything by the time I (arrive)............................... at the party.
30. When I (find)........................... my purse, someone (take)....................... the money out of it.
31. By the time you get her letter, she (arrive)........................ in Paris.
32. When they get to the station, the train (leave)..................................
33. By the time I (get)............................. to school, the gate (close).................................
34. Sorry, I (not listen).................................. to you at that moment because I (think)........................... about something else.
35. Before she (fly).............................to Paris, she (visit)......................... us.
36. By the time the boss arrived, I (do).............................. all my work.
37. You (cook)................................. the dinner by the time he came home?
38. We (wait) here……………..since we (come…………………).
39. I (never see)................................. such a famous person before until I (meet) him.
40. When he (open)......................... the door, he (see)........................ a strange man.
41. A man (find)...................... something in his room when he (come)............................home.
