Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
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Yaditi Kava, 39, said she had typed in her pin number at the exit barrier at Queensmere Observatory Shopping Centre in Slough, without noticing the amount.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2025
Seattle time on Monday — midnight in Texas, where Michelle Adams had typed out the message to her son.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 17, 2021
Beforehand, Gam had typed the shipping information into the website.
From New York Times ● Aug. 4, 2021
When the mayor returned to the table, Dayspring had typed “100,000” in the calculator app on his phone and showed it to the mayor, which he said was for “two.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2021
I smile and unfold a piece of paper with the words I had typed out earlier and try to ignore the trembling in my hands.
From "Amina's Voice" by Hena Khan
