Fill in the blank with correct from of tense. The thief \(\ldots\) before the police came.
When we deal with two actions both of which are in the past, the action taking place earlier is placed in the past perfect tense and the one taking place later, is placed in the past indefinite tense. Here the action 'thief had escaped' took place earlier and the action; 'the police came' took place later.\[\]Choice (B)\[\]
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