He said that he had been very busy since we last met.

他说自从我们上次会面以来他一直很忙。

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If he had not been very busy at that time, he would have offered you more help.

要不是当时他很忙的话，他会给你更多的帮助。

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He was busy preparing to welcome a well-known writer who had been invited to come to give a talk on modern literature at the public library that very evening.

他正忙于准备欢迎一个著名作家，这个作家晚上要在公共图书馆作关于现代文学的报告。

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"Had he been assaulted or fallen over and hurt himself, in a busy town centre, on a very busy evening, we would have expected Artur to have come to light if he had been laying injured somewhere needing help, " she said.

BBC: Artur Liana, issued by Northamptonshire Police