— No one answered when I phoned this morning. Where were you?— I         for teeth in the dental clinic.

I have to go to work by taxi because my car _____ at the garage.

—Someone has tidied the sitting room!—Jim __ it this morning; he couldn't bear the mess any more．

As he _____ in the river for five hours, the thief looked very pale and hopeless.

The man________ in the chair asked me to _____________.