Past Perfect Continuous

He _____ really _______  out of a pleasure he had promised himself, and had that empty and sickened feeling which a child has when disappointed of a pantomime.

He ______ this for almost a year, ever since the day when he discovered by accident the toothpaste which the dietitian used.

What she had done and what she _______ .

He talked to her of his work at the hospital, and she told him what she ________ in the shop that day.

As a boy he had really meant to study astronomy, and now for forty years he __________ something else.

Mom says, "He _________ (do) some great kindness this morning."  

He must _________ (do) something to the motor of his lorry..

Think of what he might _________ , say, 2 years ago".

Atticus was making his slow pilgrimage to the windows, as he _________ : he would ask a question, then look out, waiting for an answer.

Why, I thought he ________ so a long while!

He __________ it 27 years.

At that moment, Alain studied Lydia's face relentlessly… as he ___________  since she came to see him three days earlier.

Sacre Dieu! Already sixty hours that he ________  the jig and screaming!

She was grateful to Peter for all that he ______and was ______ for her.

He went to see the secretary of the Medical School; he was surprised to see him and asked Philip curiously what he ________ .

Lily questioned him about his health and what he ___________ , and tried to persuade him to take a rest and come out to her.

Then he found that he had been sweating for some time, that for some time now he ________ nothing else but sweating.

While this was taking place, what ______ you _______ ?

Leo sold her a property last year, and she _______ him letters.

For twelve years she __________ in writing for the right to leave for her native country.

Since early morning he __________ in the river, in company with his friends the ducks.

Well, I __________ for three hours and I was in a real groove, so I decided to keep going.

I  __________ an hour and was now lying on the beach in the sun.

He ___________ of it.

What _____ I ________ of?