Duolingo Guidebook · Dutch from English

Niemand had verwacht dat het echt zou gebeuren.
Nobody had expected that it would really happen.

We zouden het niet geloven als we het niet gezien hadden.
We would not believe it if we had not seen it.

Ze wilde niet geloven dat ze had verloren.
She did not want to believe that she had lost.

We wilden haar bedanken, nadat ze ons had geholpen.
We wanted to thank her, after she had helped us.

Hij had al duizend kilometer gereden, maar hij was er nog niet.
He had already driven a thousand kilometers, but he was not there yet.