FUTURE IN THE PAST Women would not teach / were to teach at university until Laura Bassi, an Italian, became the first to teach at a European university in 1732.

CONTINUOUS ASPECT We ... (go) to Greece on holiday ever since I can remember.

FUTURE IN THE PAST A Spanish woman, Juliana Morrell, was to become / was becoming the first woman to obtain a university degree in 1608.

PASSIVE REPORTING VERBS At the time, the Titanic ... (say) to be the most luxurious ocean liner ever built.

PASSIVE REPORTING VERBS lt ... (fear) that insurance premiums will rise as a result of climate change.

CONTINUOUS ASPECT I ... (work) in the garden when the news of the disaster broke.

CONTINUOUS ASPECT You could tell he ... (not / listen); he was still working out the finances in his head.

PASSIVE REPORTING VERBS lt ... (report) in the press that, despite the high claim of a million pounds, the insurers paid out the sum for the Titanic within thirty days.

FUTURE IN THE PAST lt was bound to be / unlikely to be straightforward for women to get the same educational rights as men.

PASSIVE REPORTING VERBS Since the floods it ... (agree) that a fund to repair extensive damage in the area will be set up.

FUTURE IN THE PAST For many years women were going to be / were about to be in the minority in further education.