George returned after the war, only _______ that his wife had left him.

—What have you been busy with these days? —I ______ that the speech contest has been brought forward, so I ______ for it.

---Now, have you finished your work yet?--- Yes, I _______ it when you came.

They are living with their parents for the moment because their own house ____.

The manager is said to have arrived back from Paris where he _______ some European business partners.

—What is the price of gas these days?    —Oh, it ____________ sharply since last month.

—Flight CA 581_____________. I must be off now.   —Have a nice trip.

My money ________.I must go to the bank to draw some of my savings out before I've none in hand.

Last week I took the Civil Service Admission Examination, for which I _____ for nearly three months．

He _______ foreigners in his cafe before, so he didn’t know how to serve the American family.

The doctor advised me to go on a diet because I _____ weight during the last two months.

Nearly half a million immigrants，many of them English—speaking，     in the country during the last quarter of the nineteenth century．

—Did you have a good time meeting your old friends yesterday? —Yes, I did. I        them since we graduated from college.

          on the portrait, mother was deep in thought.

Although there are no classes in the afternoon now, no student ______ go out of school without the head teacher’s permission.

---- Are we going sightseeing next week?---- No. The plan ________ at the second meeting.

— I hear you _____ in a pub. What’s it like?— Well, it’s very hard work and I’m always tired, but I don’t mind.

When I got home, I _____ I had left my wallet in the taxi

Using a telescope we could see that something     .

Although her disease      her eyesight and forced her to leave the dance floor, she refuses to fall into self-pity.