Question

The thief ran away from the spot. Then the police reached there

combine it using the past perfect and the simple past using "before"​

Answer 1

The theif ran away from the spot before the police reached there.

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Answer 2

The thief ran away from the spot before the police reached there.

Explanation:

• Simple past tense is used to denote the action which has been completed.
• The past perfect tense is used to denote the events according to the happening of the events.  
• 'Ran' and 'reached' are the verbs that have been written in simple past and past perfect tense.
• In the above sentence, 'before' is the conjunction that is used to join the two sentences.

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