Examples

Sentences for each use of the Past Perfect Tense

  1. The boy explained that he had seen somebody in the garden.
  2. By the time the rain started, we had dug the whole garden.
  3. Mary told us that her brother had just left.
  4. I knew she had not seen him since Christmas.
  5. ”I have never visited Madrid”, the boy explained. The boy explained he had never visited Madrid.
  6. If only you had not lied to her.
  7. I wish I had not missed the train.
  8. Yesterday I would rather you had stayed here than gone there.
  9. I told my friend that I would lend him the book after I had read it.
  10. I had hoped/intended/meant to find tickets for that performance but I was not able to.