---- I can’t get through to the general manager’s office anyhow. ---- The line is busy. Someone ___________ the telephone.

We are all for your recommendation that the applicant ______.

-- It’s a pity that you missed the lecture on nuclear pollution. -- I _________ it, but I was busy preparing for a job interview.

 Without the happiness Jing brought to the family, my mother _____ for another six years.

 -----Why didn’t you ring me up?----- Sorry, I forgot your phone number. Otherwise, I _____ long before.