Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
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Some are Titanic enthusiasts, which he called “Titaniacs,” and some had mortgaged their homes to afford the fee, while others didn’t think twice about the price.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 20, 2023
After her grandmother died, according to Tanner, they had mortgaged the property to pay her grandmother’s debts, then lost the home in 2020 when they couldn’t keep up with the payments.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 3, 2022
They had mortgaged their house for $4,000 to send their only son to the Indian Army, where he is a junior officer.
From New York Times ● Jan. 3, 2013
Polanski wrote in the online magazine, La Regle du Jeu, that he had mortgaged his apartment to pay the bail.
From Seattle Times ● May 2, 2010
One afternoon, Elizabeth listened to a widow named Flora Campbell tearfully explain that, without her consent, her husband had mortgaged the farm that had been in her family for years.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
