When I called you this morning, nobody answered the phone. Where __________? 

 —Did Alan enjoy seeing his old friends yesterday?—Yes, he did. He __________ his old friends for a long time. 

 The play had already been on for quite some time when we __________ at the New Theatre.

 Professor James will give us a lecture on the Western culture, but when and where __________ yet.

 —Did you see a man in black pass by just now?—No, sir. I __________ a newspaper. 

I _______ there little more than a week when I set to work with the scientist.

 They __________ two free tickets to Canada, otherwise they’d never have been able to afford to go. 

 —Is there anything wrong, Bob? You look sad.—Oh, nothing much. In fact, I __________ of my friends back home. 

The flowers were so lovely that they __________ in no time.

Cathy is taking notes of the grammatical rules in class at Sunshine School， where she　　　　English now. 

They _______ on the program for almost one week before I joined them, and now we ________ it as no good results have come out so far.

More patients ___________ in hospital this year than last year.

—_______you _______him around the museum yet?—Yes.We had a great time there.

Sales of CDs have greatly increased since the early 1990s, when people_____to enjoy the advantages of this new technology.

—I don't suppose the police know who did it.—Well, surprisingly they do. A man has been arrested and ______ now.

At the end of the meeting,it was announced that an agreement_______.

You may not have played very well today,but at least you’ve got through to the next round and _______.

In our childhood, we were often _______ by Grandma to pay attention to our table manners.

Although medical science ______ control over several dangerous diseases, what worries us is that some of them are returning.

---Have you ever seen Peter recently ?---Yes . He _____ me to ask you how you _____ along with your new job these days .