—Why didn’t you put your cellphone in your overcoat pocket?—I _____, but I was afraid it would be stolen.

If I hadn’t stood under the ladder to catch you when you fell, you _____ now.

I was on the highway when this car went past followed by a police car. They ______ at least 150 kilometers an hour.

I ______ sooner but I didn’t know that they were waiting for me.

She's too thin. She ____ gain some weight but she _____ too little.