Время Past Perfect используется тогда, когда мы хотим сказать, что какое-либо действие произошло перед еще одним определённым действием в . Второе как раз характеризуется временем Past Simple.
1. Mrs Little saw right away that the infant clothes she had provided were unsuitable.
2. When, at the age of a month, he had gained only a third of an ounce, Mrs Little was so worried that she sent for the doctor.
3. One day when Mrs was washing out the bathtub after Mr Little had taken a bath, she lost a ring off her finger.
4. She was horrified to discover that it had fell down the drain.
5. George was annoyed that his hook idea hadn't worked.
6. "How was it down there?" asked Mr Little, who was always curious to know about place he had never been to.
7. "It was all right," said Stuart. But the truth was the drain had made him very slimy, and it was necessary for him to take a bath.
8. Everybody in the family thought he had been awfully good about the whole thing.
