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МатематикаВопрос:
4. We ................................. (try) to meet the deadline, but we failed.
Ответ:
4. We had been trying to meet the deadline, but we failed.
В данном предложении используется Past Perfect Continuous, чтобы показать, что действие (попытки уложиться в срок) продолжалось некоторое время до того, как завершилось неудачей.
Ответ: had been trying
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