Insert the past continuous, past perfect, or past perfect continuous. 1. abbey resumed the newspaper she __ (to read) (dickens) 2. by three o'clock he __ all his own cigarettes and those he could borrow from others. he __ about lunch, (to finish, to forget) (wilson)3. when she came out again her tears and cries but there was a band of rosy flush across her forehead, (to cease) (hansford johnson)4. he __ still __ at her, when two of the prowlers halted on his left, (to gaze) (lindsay)5. approaching the door, she found herself face to face with mr. linley. he __ just __ directions to one of the servants, and was re-entering the drawing-room, (to give) (collins)6. rosa made a contemptuous gesture. then she tossed the book she __ on to the ground, (to read) (murdoch) 7. i got up from where i __ at the carlton house writing table and went over to the fireplace, (to sit) (murdoch)8. she looked up at him, and found he __ her closely, (to watch) (wells)9. she was on the edge of tears, as nearly dishevelled as so tidy and businesslike a girl could be. i thought she __ (to cry) (hansford johnson) 10. it but it and a street lamp some way off streaked the roadway with reflections, (to rain __ negative, to rain) (murdoch)11. cowperwood got up. he was a little afraid now of this deep-seated passion he __ (to arouse) (dreiser)12. she picked up the chair she __ in and quickly slipped away with it into the house, (to sit) (maugham)13. elinor __ still __ at this when the door opened, (to stare) (christie)14. "oh, don't get up, dear miss ley," said the visitor as her hostess slowly rose from the sofa upon which she __ so comfortably (to lie) (maugham)
She was born Norma Jeane Mortenson on June 1, 1926 in Los Angeles, California, to Gladys Baker. As the identity of her father is undetermined, she was later baptized Norma Jeane Baker. Gladys had been a film cutter at RKO studios, but psychological problems prevented her from keeping the job and she was eventually committed to a mental institution.
Norma Jeane spent most of her childhood in foster homes and orphanages until 1937, when she moved in with family friend Grace McKee Goddard. Unfortunately, when Grace's husband was transferred to the East Coast in 1942, the couple couldn't afford to take 16-year-old Norma Jeane with them. Norma Jeane had two options: return to the orphanage or get married.
On June 19, 1942 she wed her 21-year-old neighbor Jimmy Dougherty, whom she had been dating for six months. "She was a sweet, generous and religious girl," Jimmy said. "She liked to be cuddled." By all accounts Norma Jeane loved Jimmy, and they were happy together until he joined the Merchant Marines and was sent to the South Pacific in 1944.