1. He didn't see me as he was reading when I came into the room. 2. When he was in Gorki he visited the places where he had played as a boy. 3. The telegram arrived five minutes ago after you had left the house. 4. It was raining hard last night when you left the office. 5. The train could not stop because it was travelling too fast at the time. 6. When I called for my friend, his sister told me that he had left half an hour before. 7. I was shouting to him to stop, but he run too fast and did not hear. 8. Large crowds was waiting at the station when the Soviet delegation arrived. 9. When I heard the news, I hurried to see him. 10. We were walking to the station when it began to rain. 11. He was sitting in the garden when the storm broke out. 12. He thanked me for what I had done for him. 13. When I woke up this morning, the sun was shining high in the sky. 14. Before he entered the institute, he had been working at a plant. 15. The manager had left the office before I arrived. 16. When I went to the room the next day, I found the books exactly where I had left them. 17. We had been walking for about two hours when at last we saw the lake.