PASSIVE REPORTING VERBS lt ... (decide) at a recent meeting that claims under a certain value would be paid immediately.

CONTINUOUS ASPECT They ... (come) over from head office to meet the new manager, once she's settled in.

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

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

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 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.

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

CONTINUOUS ASPECT He ... (work) in the research team for two years before he was asked to lead it.

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

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

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