Question: Sentence A: Had anyone seen a car standing somewhere near the Moat House that day?

Sentence B: Did anyone see the car parked near the Moat House?

If sentence A is true, how about sentence B?

Answer: yes

Question: Sentence A: I wish they had been.

Sentence B: I didn't want them to be.

If sentence A is true, how about sentence B?

Answer: no

Question: Sentence A: And no surprise, the bugger was already inside.

Sentence B: The bugger would would come out soon.

If sentence A is true, how about sentence B?

Answer: it is not possible to tell

Question: Sentence A: The sight of the two of them was felt to be an effective means of getting at the truth.

Sentence B: They assumed placing them together for people to see would get the truth from them.

If sentence A is true, how about sentence B?

Answer:
it is not possible to tell