This happened had been happening( happened, had been happening ) when I was had been( was, had been ) about five years old. My father had gone had been going( had gone, had been going ) away on business for a few days and my brother and I were sleeping had been sleeping( were sleeping, had been sleeping ) in my parents' bedroom. Before we went to bed that night, I had been reading was reading( had been reading, was reading ) a very scary story about a wicked witch. In the middle of the night I woke was waking( woke, was waking ) up with a start and saw had been seeing( saw, had been seeing ) that a figure in the dark coat was standing stood( was standing, stood ) at the end of my bed. I screamed had screamed( screamed, had screamed ) at the top of my voice.

Corinne and I used to be would be( used to be, would be ) very close, but recently we've grown apart.

I used to have would have( used to have, would have ) much longer hair when I was younger.

When I came into the room, my aunt was sitting sat( was sitting, sat ) with her back to me. When she turned round, I could see that her eyes were rather red and I was sure that she had been crying had cried( had been crying, had cried ).

My uncle used to live would live( used to live, would live ) on his own because his wife had died died( had died, died ) several years earlier.

When my brother was a child, he didn't use to look wouldn't look( didn't use to look, wouldn't look ) at all like my father, but the older he gets the more he looks like him.