1. The three of them became inseparable. A great deal of camaraderie
(had developed) between them in the short time they (knew) each other. 2. He
admitted that it (had been) too long since he (saw) them. 3. My life was
hectic. And indeed it (was) a stormy life I (had lived) ever since. 4. Joe saw
that Nel was worried. She (had lived) with a problem for the last few days,
ever since the baby (was) born. 5. Mrs. Loveday liked Maggie. In the few
weeks she (knew) the girl she had never (seen) her ruffled. Nor she had ever
(heard) her raise her voice at the children. 6. He painted mostly in the
red barn. It (had become) a refuge for him since he (moved) into the house.
7. She looked up at Charles. She (had been) acutely conscious of him from the
moment he (arrived). 8. The Berlin, she (was born) in, and where she (had grown
up), no longer existed.