P.63 Ex.1 Choose the correct variant

1. I had solved/ had been solving this difficult problem for some time when he appeared.

.Я решал эту трудную проблему в течение некоторого времени, когда он появился.

2.By the time we got to the office they had negotiated / had been negotiating for 2 hours.

К тому времени, когда мы получили к офису их вел переговоры в течение 2 часов.

3.He already / had been writing lecture notes for some time when we rang him up.

Он уже писал примечания лекции в течение некоторого времени, когда мы звонили ему.

4.They had looked/ had been looking for some new information in the documents for two days before they found a mistake.

Они искал немного новой информации в документах в течение двух дней прежде, чем они нашли ошибку.

5.He had reported / had been reporting to the manager before he left the office.

Он сообщил менеджеру прежде, чем он уехал из офиса.

6.He kept looking at her, wondering where he had been seeing/ had seen her.

Он продолжал смотреть на нее, задаваясь вопросом, где он был, видят/имел замеченный ее.

7.He had smoked/ had been smoking for 10 years before he gave it up.

Он курил в течение 10 лет прежде, чем он бросил его.

8.The telephone had rung/ had been ringing for 3 minutes before I answered it.

Телефон / звонил в течение 3 минут прежде, чем я ответил на это.

9.When I came the Board of Directors had been discussing / had discussed this contract for an hour.

Когда я приехал, Совет директоров обсуждал / этот контракт в течение часа.

10.We had been finishing/ had finished the discussion by 5 o’clock.

Мы / закончили обсуждение к 5 часам.

11.He didn’t sign the contract until he had been reading / had read every word.

Он не подписывал контракт, пока он / не прочитал каждое слово.

12.When I left my last job, I worked/ had been working there for 10 years.

Когда я оствил свою последнюю работу, я / работал там в течение 10 лет.