Just after putting the baby onto bed, Mrs. White suddenly caught sight of the pet cat and didn’t know how long it on the table for the family dinner.
A. had been laying; lying
B. had been lying; laid
C. had been laid; laid
D. had lain; laying
网友回答
A. had been laying; lying
(答案→)B. had been lying; laid
C. had been laid; laid
D. had lain; laying
解析：had been lying为过去完成进行时，表示一个动作或状态从过去开始一直持续到过去的某个时间，该句表示状态，而had been laid强调动作，laid为lay的过去分词，修饰限制the table。