| You started with the present tense, you then went to the past tense and now you have gone to the pluperfect past tense. |
| The past forms of nominal sentences are verbal sentences because of the verb of existence which expresses the past tense. |
| We often use the past tense in English to describe an imagined present or future. |
| With an eye on longevity, the book is written entirely in the past tense, which also helps give it an impressive and immediate air of gravitas. |
| It's no secret that this was the case, but these comments were all made in the past tense. |
| This is a bond of trust that football writers speak of only in the past tense. |
