Using past perfect in one sentence

Yes.
eg I was very tired. I had run 100 miles.

Can you say "I had run 100 miles"? only one event

If you are asking if you an say 'I had run 100 miles' as a stand-alone sentence, the answer is 'No'.

Ok thanks, so in this text the narrator is implying that the boy was killed first and then she read the story about him?

I read a story the other day about a boy from the projects. No daddy, in and out of foster care. He'd been killed in a gang fight at Hurt Village. In the last paragraph they talked about his superb athletic skills and how different his li

I don't know what software you're copying from, but it isn't working. Your post trails off to the right and can't be read. There seem to be no line breaks. Please try some other way of posting.

CJ

AnonymousCan you say "I had run 100 miles"? only one event

There is one event and one state in "I was very tired. I had run 100 miles." The state of being tired followed (resulted from) the event of running 100 miles hence the past perfect "I had run...".

I read a story the other day
about a boy from the projects.
No daddy, in and out of foster care
He'd been killed in a
gang fight at Hurt Village.
In the last paragraph they talked about
his superb athletic skills
and how different his life
might have been
if he hadn't fallen behind
and dropped out of school.
He was twenty-one years old
the day

Anonymousthe boy was killed first and then she read the story about him?

Yes.

CJ