By the time you ______ (finish) getting ready, we _______ (miss) the train.

I _______ (not realize) that I _______ (leave) my umbrella on the bus until it _______ (start) to rain.

Bill ______ (get) that new job, but he _______ (complain) about it ever since.

I _______ (consider) buying a house but now I ________ (change) my mind.

Ever since I _______ (be) a young child, I ________ (die) to meet you.

I _______ (find) it difficult to convince the ticket inspector that I ________ (lose) my ticket, but he believed me in the end.

Sam _________ (not receive) the parcel the last time I _________ (speak) to him.

I'm sorry I ________ (not come) to class lately.

Harry ________ (leave) home rather suddenly and we _______ (not hear) from him since.

I ______ (not understand) what _________ (go on). Several people _______ (shout) at me, and one passer-by _______ (wave) a newspaper in front of my face.

Recent research _______ (show) that Columbus _______ (not discover) America, but that Vikings ______ (land) there five hundred years before him.

I ______ (know) I _______ (do) well in my exams even before I ________ (receive) the official results.