1. When I arrived, they were waiting for me. They were very angry with me.

2. We had been running along the street for about 40 minutes when a car suddenly stopped right in front of us.

3. Yesterday, my brother said he had been stopping smoking for 2 months.

4. Someone had been painting the room because the smell of the paint was very strong when I got into the room.

5. They had been talking on the phone when the rain poured down.

6. The man paid for his new car in cash.

7. I had been having lunch by the time the others came into the restaurant.

8. It had been raining for two days before the storm came yesterday.