1、宾语从句中
当宾语从句的主句采用一般过去时，且从句的动作先于主句的动作时，从句要用过去完成时。这种情况多见于间接引语的用法里，其主句的谓语动词常见的有told、said、knew、heard、thought、asked等。如：
The accused man said he had been framed. （被告说他受人陷害了。）
He told me that he had met her the night before. （他告诉我他曾在那前一天晚上见过她。）
He asked her what she really had meant. （他问她究竟是什么意思。）
