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1 I was talking to a neighbour at the time. (говорил именно в тот момент)
2 How did the hikers get lost in the desert?
While they were walking there, a dust storm started. (длительное действие было "прервано" кратким действием)
3 Why didn't you use your mobile phone to call for help?
It didn't have any battery.
4 We had just reached the cave when it started to rain. (одно действие в прошлом предшествовало другому)
You're so lucky! We hadn't come down from the mountain yet, so we got really wet.
5 How did you manage to light a fire so quickly?
Quickly? I had been trying for half an hour before I finally succeeded! (Present Perfect Continuous показывает, как долго длилось действие, прежде чем произошло другое действие, выраженное формой Past Simple)